Frederic, LouisPhotographer: Arthur Llewellyn Basham2019-11-062019-11-061959II-783http://hdl.handle.net/1885/183232An octagonal screen surrounds the tomb of Mumtaz Mahal and that of her husband Shah Jahan who was buried by her side in 1666. The screen is one of the purest triumphs of skill in the world. Each side of the octagon consists of three marble slabs, worked like lace. Not only are the slabs perforated, but the remaining marble is also sculpted. These screens are held together with marble uprights, richly inlaid with stonework.35mmbook scanMounted transparencyb&wimage/tiffen-AUMughal Architecture-- Agra-- Taj Mahal, Agraarchitecturearchitectural ornament2019-11-06This item is provided for research purposes. Contact the Australian National University Archives at butlin.archives@anu.edu.au for permission to use.