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| Keywords: Red Fort Delhi 1785.jpg Opaque water-colour of a bird's-eye view of the Red Fort at Delhi from the east by an anonymous artist working in the Lucknow style c 1780-90 This view shows an emperor probably Shah 'Alam 1759-1806 entering the Diwan-i-Khas Hall of Private Audience on the right Of the buildings in the immediate foreground the Rang Mahal Colour Palace is on the left the Khwabgah Jharoka Place of Dreams Balcony in the centre and the Moti Masjid Pearl Mosque on the extreme right The Red Fort or Lal Qila was constructed by Shah Jahan r 1627-58 for his new city of Shahjahanabad The octogonal-shaped fort complex is surrounded by high fortification walls of red sandstone which reach between 18-33 metres in height Other key buildings inside the fort include the Diwan-i-Am Hall of Public Audience and the Khas Mahal private chambers of the emperor http //www bl uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/addorimss/t/019addor0000948u00000000 html 1785 anonymous pd-art-100 ImageNote 1 733 385 194 112 928 654 2 Diwan-i-Khas ImageNoteEnd 1 ImageNote 2 865 304 61 55 928 654 2 Moti Masjid ImageNoteEnd 2 ImageNote 3 2 386 194 111 928 654 2 Rang Mahal ImageNoteEnd 3 ImageNote 4 393 424 136 101 928 654 2 Khwabgah Jharoka ImageNoteEnd 4 ImageNote 5 348 256 237 80 928 654 2 Diwan-i-Am ImageNoteEnd 5 ImageNote 6 454 93 23 26 928 654 2 Lahore Gate ImageNoteEnd 6 ImageNote 7 455 112 22 43 928 654 2 Chhatta Chowk ImageNoteEnd 7 ImageNote 8 443 189 44 46 928 654 2 Naubat Khana ImageNoteEnd 8 ImageNote 9 246 380 436 119 928 654 2 Khas Mahal ImageNoteEnd 9 Red Fort in art British Library | ||||
