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A photograph of a broad wooden staircase rising to an upper gallery at a palace-style building. Blue-painted iron railings line both sides, with blue newel posts topped by carved female statues holding lamps or vessels aloft. Cream-coloured fluted columns and a white balustrade with floral relief frame the landing, and green foliage grows at the left edge. No people are visible; only statues and architecture appear.

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A photograph of a wide wooden staircase with a blue-painted metal railing climbing toward a columned upper veranda. Two dark statues of female figures holding urns or vessels on their heads stand on blue pedestals at the base of the railing. The white columns are patterned with green and gold painted tiles, and a curved balcony with decorative cornice bands lines the right side. No people are visible in the scene.2006-11-09A wide wooden staircase with worn brown treads climbs between blue-painted metal balusters inside an old palace building. Two blue-and-gold female figure statues stand on the newel posts at the bottom, one holding a lamp-like finial. White walls with ventilation grilles and painted floral borders frame the left side, and a yellow-and-green tiled column stands at the right. Green foliage shows through an opening at the right edge. No people are visible.2006-11-10November 09 20062006-11-09A photograph of an ornate staircase inside a palace. Blue painted cast-iron balusters with decorative scrollwork line a red-brown tiled staircase. Two standing figures in blue and white robes, carved as pillar statues, flank the base and hold up lamp-like finials at the newel posts. Green foliage shows through an open archway on the left, and a white balustrade with turned balusters runs along the landing at right. No people are visible.2006-11-10A photograph of an ornate staircase with turquoise-painted wrought iron railings and balusters, decorated with cream and gold scrollwork. Two figurative statues stand on blue-and-cream pedestals at the newel posts, one with raised arms and a blue draped cloth. Wooden treads rise toward a landing framed by cream columns and foliage, with a tiled floor in the foreground. No people are visible.2006-11-09November 10 20062006-11-10November 09 20062006-11-09November 10 20062006-11-10Interior of an old palace corridor with white-washed walls, a dark wooden staircase with turned balusters climbing on the left, and a tiled red and ochre floor. An arched window with green stained glass sits at the top of the stairs, and tall wooden shuttered doors flank the passage. On the right, a large framed oil portrait shows a man in a white turban and ornate embroidered regal robes with jewelled necklaces, seated before a red background and classical sculptural details; the portrait is not a physical person. No people are physically present in the scene.2006-11-10A photograph of a dark wooden staircase inside an old palace interior. The steps are polished brown wood, and the balustrade has turned spindle balusters with a carved handrail. A newel post on the right is richly carved with floral and foliate relief panels and an acanthus-style base. White walls and a second-floor railing are visible in the background, and a hanging lamp fixture is faintly visible at the lower right. No people are present.2006-11-10Photograph of an ornately carved dark wooden staircase with a sweeping handrail, turned and fluted balusters, and carved newel post with a circular medallion, set against white plastered walls. No people are visible. The steps are polished wood with a dark finish.2006-11-10Photograph of the white colonial-style facade of a palace building. Tall arched windows with dark brown wooden louvred shutters and white ornamental balustrades line the upper floor, with a central portico of white columns leading to a dark wooden entrance door, approached by a few stone steps. A carved emblem with two facing animal figures sits above the portico. Lamp posts stand at the left and right edges, and a palm frond is visible at the top right. No people are visible in the scene.2006-11-10