Albumen print. Mounted on a contemporary album leaf with titling in contemporary ink. Verso another albumen print circa 1870 titled 'Futtehpore Sikri - two of the trellised screens in the Sheik Selim Chisti Tomb'. 235mm x 190mm. (9.25 x 7.5ins).

The Sheik travelled widely in the Muslim world, living as an ascetic in his old age. The Emperor Akbar, founder of Futtehpore Siki, consulted him about his lack of a male offspring. The tomb was constructed between 1571 and 1580.