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ID: 700008477 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008477 | Record Type: Built Work |
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Flagstaff Tower (signal tower (elevated structure); unknown architect; ca. 1828; Delhi (Delhi, Bhārat, Asia, World, Top of the TGN hierarc...;) | |
Note: This castellated tower is one of the earliest buildings to be erected in northern Ridge region of Delhi. It became a refuge for non-combatants during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. | |
Titles: |
Flagstaff Tower (preferred,C,U,English,U,U) |
Flag Staff Tower (C,U,English,U,U) |
Flag Staff Battery (C,U,English,U,U) |
Catalog Level: item |
signal tower (elevated structure) [300312190] (preferred) |
..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by form>, <single built works by form: massing or shape>, towers (single built works)) |
battery (platform) [300002501] |
..... (Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, architectural elements, <architectural elements by building type>, fortification elements) |
architecture (preferred) |
Creation Date: ca. 1828 |
unknown architect [preferred,VP] |
architect unknown (unknown cultural designation) [500125274] |
Locations: |
Current: Delhi [7001535] Delhi territory (union territory), India (nation), Asia (continent), World (facet) (Geographic) |
Display Materials: red sandstone |
ferruginous sandstone [300011398] | |
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), sedimentary rock, <sedimentary rock by composition>, sandstone, <sandstone by composition>) |
battlements [300002595] | |
.......(Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, architectural elements, <architectural elements by building type>, fortification elements, <defensive walls and defensive wall components>, defensive wall components, <battlements and battlement components>) |
Dimensions: unavailable |
British (preferred) |
architecture (preferred,isness) |
military (purpose) |
List/Hierarchical Position: |
..... Built Works |
.......... Built Works by class: fortifications, transportation, bridges, barriers, military, urban planning, and engineering works |
Sources and Contributors: | |
Flagstaff Tower | ........ [VP] |
........ Victorian Web (2015-) accessed 19 March 2015 | |
........ Masselos et al., Beato's Delhi (2000) 24 | |
........ Fanshawe, Delhi Past and Present (1902) 77 | |
Flag Staff Tower | ........ [VP] |
........ Fanshawe, Delhi Past and Present (1902) 118 | |
Flag Staff Battery | ........ [VP] |
........ Masselos et al., Beato's Delhi (2000) 24 | |
........ J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-) accessed 19 March 2015 | |
Subject: ....... [VP] |
....................... Victorian Web (2015-) accessed 19 March 2015 |
....................... Masselos et al., Beato's Delhi (2000) 24-25 |
Note: | |
English | ..... [VP] |
..... Masselos et al., Beato's Delhi (2000) 24-25 | |
..... Victorian Web (2015-) accessed 19 March 2015 | |
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