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Agra. The Fort
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About this work
Known as the Red Fort because of the rosy sandstone used to build it; the fort was a walled city that served as home to the Mughal emperors until 1638. The height and massiveness of the walls are emphasized by the inclusion of the Indian travelers resting in the foreground.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineAgra. The Fort, 1890. Photoglob Co. (Zurich, active c. 1890–1910). Photochrom; image: 20.4 x 26.5 cm (8 1/16 x 10 7/16 in.); paper: 20.4 x 26.5 cm (8 1/16 x 10 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the Karl B. Goldfield Trust, 2018.215