The Diwan-i Khas from the Mussaman Burj, Agra Palace

John Murray

1862–64 · Waxed paper negative with applied media · Photographs

Murray took up photography while serving in Agra as a medical doctor for the East India Company, and in 1857 published an extensive survey of the city. Unwilling to allow the technical limitations of his medium to prevent achieving the pictures he envisioned, Murray "corrected" his negatives by hand, adjusting the truth of the camera to fit the truth of observation and memory.

Artist

John Murray

Date

1862–64

Medium

Waxed paper negative with applied media

Department

Photographs

Credit line

Purchase, Cynthia Hazen Polsky Gift, 1988