The construction of Rashtrapati Bhavan photo taken by A. G. Shoosmith, Edwin Lutyens's representative in New Delhi, where he worked from went out to India in 1920 to be Edwin Lutyens’ permanent representative in New Delhi. When the new capital was rising, Lutyens and Herbert Baker only went out for a couple of months each winter while the permanent representative was on the spot all year round, and Shoosmith’s job was to supervise the construction of Viceroy’s House

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Photo taken by A. G. Shoosmith ,Russian-born English architect. He worked in India from 1920 to 1931, supervising the building of Lutyens's Viceroy's House in New Delhi as Lutyens representative in India .This is part of a collection of unpublished photographs that have been kept in the Shoosmith family are taken from the original negatives & carefully restored .Further photos are currently being restored & will be added to the Alamy Archive .

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Size: 3588px × 4754px
Location: New Delhi 1920s
Photo credit: © A G Shoosmith New Delhi / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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