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Item ID: 213042  
  

India Old Tuck's Oilette Postcard Interior of TAJ Mahal Agra, Marble Walls, Tomb

Vintage Tuck's Oilette Old Postcard, British India Indian. Interior of Taj Mahal, Agra.

Interior of Taj, Agra. One of the most graceful and most impressive sepulchres in the world. Marble walls inlaid with precious stones : Wreaths and Scrolls as exquisite in design as beautiful in colour, a dome of white marble 80 feet above the pavement, and here enclosed in a superb trellis-work screen are the tombs of the Emperor Shah Jahan and his beautiful wife.

Publisher: Raphael Tuck & Sons. Oilette Wide Wide World Agra Series II
Series No: 8946
Faults: Marks on back
Background: Taj Mahal is the name of a monument located in Agra, India. It was commissioned by the Mugal Emperor Shah Jahan as a mausoleum for his Persian wife, Arjumand Banu Begum who was later known as Mumtaz Mahal (meaning "elect of the palace"). It took 23 years to complete (1630 - 1653).

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India Old Tuck's Oilette Postcard Interior of TAJ Mahal Agra, Marble Walls, Tomb


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