File:1567-A mine explodes during the siege of Chitor-left-Akbarnama-large.jpg
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[edit]Miskina: A Mine Explodes During the Siege of Chittor, Rajasthan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Artist |
Composition designed by the Mughal court artist Miskina, with details painted by Bhura for the left side and Sarwan for the right side |
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Part of | Victoria and Albert Akbarnama | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Object type | folio / manuscript illumination | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre | history painting | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Description |
It illustrates an incident when a mine exploded during the Mughal attack on the Rajput fortress of Chitor (Chittaurgarh) in north-west India in 1567, killing many of the besieging Mughal forces. In right side Mughal sappers are shown preparing covered paths to enable the army to approach the fortress, while their opponents fiercely defend themselves. |
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Depicted people | Akbar | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Date |
between 1590 and 1595 date QS:P571,+1590-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1590-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1595-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Medium | gouache paint, paper and gold | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions |
height: 33 cm (12.9 in) ; width: 19.1 cm (7.5 in) dimensions QS:P2048,+33U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,+19.1U174728 |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q213322 |
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Accession number |
IS.2:67-1896 (Victoria and Albert Museum) |
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Place of creation | Mughal Empire | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Camera manufacturer | Sinar AG |
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Camera model | Sinarback 54 FW, Mamiya |
Author | James Stevenson |
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Online copyright statement | http"//images.vam.ac.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?submit- |
JPEG file comment | CIS:IS.2:1/292-1896;CIS:IS.2:62-1896 |
Width | 3,201 px |
Height | 4,934 px |
Number of components | 3 |
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Pixel composition | RGB |
Horizontal resolution | 240 dpi |
Vertical resolution | 240 dpi |
Image width | 3,201 px |
Image height | 4,934 px |
Exif version | 2.21 |
File change date and time | 09:43, 26 January 2009 |
Software used | Adobe Photoshop Lightroom |
Date and time of digitizing | 17:18, 2 June 2008 |
Date metadata was last modified | 17:24, 2 June 2008 |
Copyright status | Copyrighted |