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Collection Area Visual Arts Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 120 Material Type Photographs

1. Photo 120

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 120
Title:
Architectural views from the Archaeological Survey of India. Photographer(s): Burgess, James
Scope & Content:
Collection of ten loose prints. These are later prints made from negatives taken for the Archaeological Survey of India. Eight of the prints have handwritten captions on the reverse and are duplicates of material in the India Office and Indian Museum series (Photo 1000 and 1002 respectively), th...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s-1890s
Extent:
10 items

2. Photo 120(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 120(1)
Title:
Gadag. Temple of Somesvara, [general view from south-west]. Photographer: Cousens, Henry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Reproduced in Henry Cousens, 'The Chalukyan Architecture of the Kanarese Districts' (Archaeological Survey of India, vol. XLII, New Imperial Series, Calcutta, 1926), plate 119, and described, pp. 112–13: 'This temple, which, at some period in the distant past, h...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 120(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 120(2)
Title:
Betgeri. Group of viragals (monumental stones). Photographer: Cousens, Henry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography Reproduced in Henry Cousens, 'The Chalukyan Architecture of the Kanarese Districts' (Archaeological Survey of India, vol. XLII, New Imperial Series, Calcutta, 1926), plate 154a and described, p. 143: 'One of the largest and most interesting groups of these ston...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 120(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 120(3)
Title:
Borivali (Salsette). [Six] sculptured stones. Photographer: Cousens, Henry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Row of sculptured viragals or memorial stones. Reproduced in Henry Cousens, 'The Chalukyan Architecture of the Kanarese Districts' (Archaeological Survey of India, vol. XLII, New Imperial Series, Calcutta, 1926), plate 153, and described, p. 143:' There is an is...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 120(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 120(4)
Title:
Aihole. Durga Temple, Pillar in the porch. Photographer: Burgess, James
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of a sculptured pillar in the Durga Temple, Aihole. For another copy of this photograph, see Photo 1000/3 (346). This print also appears as plate 53 of James Burgess, 'Report of the First Season's Operations in the Belgam and Kaladgi Districts. Januar...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1874
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 120(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 120(5)
Title:
Betgeri. Viragal with Kanarese inscription. Photographer: Cousens, Henry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of a massive sculptured viragal or hero stone (some 12–13 feet high), with an Indian figure posed beside it to indicate scale. Reproduced in Henry Cousens, 'The Chalukyan Architecture of the Kanarese Districts' (Archaeological Survey of India, vol. XLII, Ne...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 120(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 120(6)
Title:
Bihar (old Gate of Fort). Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of ruined gateway. For another copy of this print, see Photo 1002/4 (190).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 120(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 120(7)
Title:
Borivali (Salsette). Sculptured stones (second and third of group). Photographer: Cousens, Henry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography Close view of two of the viragals or sculptured memorial stones from a larger group. Reproduced in Henry Cousens, 'The Chalukyan Architecture of the Kanarese Districts' (Archaeological Survey of India, vol. XLII, New Imperial Series, Calcutta, 1926), plate 154c...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 120(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 120(8)
Title:
Harihar Temple. Kanarese inscription of Saka 1145. Photographer: Dixon, Henry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of inscribed stone, with sculptural panel above. For another copy of this print, see Photo 1000/1 (28).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1865
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 120(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 120(9)
Title:
[View of corner tower and chhatri of an unidentified mosque.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards corner tower with chhatri, with a potter's shop beside the road in the foreground. Possibly Agra?
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890s
Extent:
1 item