AN EARLY SCHEMATIC PLAN OF THE GARDENS OF THE TAJ MAHAL

AN EARLY SCHEMATIC PLAN OF THE GARDENS OF THE TAJ MAHAL
NORTH INDIA, AGRA, CIRCA 1805
The paper watermarked with two dates, 1799 and 1800, inscribed in black ink in nasta'liq script nakshe bat(?) shah jahan badshah (Plan of ...(?) Emperor Shah Jahan) at lower right, in pencil in English with descriptions and identifications of different plants in each flowerbed, the reverse of frame with old exhibition labels
pencil, ink and opaque pigments on paper
27 5/8 x 16 ¼ in. (70 x 41.2 cm.)