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Collection Area Visual Arts Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 955 Material Type Photographs

1. Photo 955

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 955
Title:
Photographic views in Tanjore and Trivady. By Captain L. Tripe, Government Photographer, Madras Presidency. With descriptive notes, by the Rev. G. U. Pope. Photographer(s): Tripe, Linnaeus
Scope & Content:
Imprint: 1858 [Madras, 1860].
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1858
Extent:
23 items

2. Photo 955(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 955(1)
Title:
Tanjore Fort, the wall and ditch. Photographer: Tripe, Linnaeus
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view looking along the wall and moat. Albumen print, 354 x 260 mm. Subjects = forts; printed books; Tripe, 'Photographic views of Tanjore and Trivady' (1858)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1858
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 955(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 955(2)
Title:
The monster gun of Tanjore. Photographer: Tripe, Linnaeus
Scope & Content:
View of the barrel of the massive cannon (length 24 feet 5 inches), with an Indian figure posed beside it to supply scale: 'It has received the name of Rajah Gopala, and as this is a name of Vishnu it may be inferred that it was made by one of the Vaishnava Nayakar kings. It certainly belongs to...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1858
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 955(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 955(3)
Title:
The Palace and interjacent part of the town [Thanjavur]. Photographer: Tripe, Linnaeus
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view looking over rooftops towards the Palace: 'It covers a vast extent of ground, and like most other buildings of the kind in India affords the strongest contrasts on every side between rude magnificance and the most squalid misery...The lofty erection...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1858
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 955(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 955(4)
Title:
The seven storied tower of the Palace [Thanjavur]. Photographer: Tripe, Linnaeus
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking obliquely along the street façade of the building seen at the left of print 3: 'The tower seen from a distance has a very fine effect, but this is destroyed by a nearer view. It is a striking mixture of squalor and magnificence...It is a curious mix...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1858
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 955(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 955(5)
Title:
Façade on the W. side of the Nayakar Durbar Hall [Thanjavur]. Photographer: Tripe, Linnaeus
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking across the courtyard towards the richly decorated cusped arches of the arcade. Albumen print, 358 x 268 mm. Subjects = Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Hindu); palaces; printed books; Tripe, 'Photographic views of Tanjore and Trivady' (18...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1858
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 955(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 955(6)
Title:
Sivaji's Statue [in the Nayaka Palace, Thanjavur.]. Photographer: Tripe, Linnaeus
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards the statue of Raja Sivaji, here credited to Chantrey, but in fact by Flaxman. See note at Photo 212/4 (35). Subjects = European sculpture; printed books; statues; Tripe, 'Photographic views of Tanjore and Trivady' (1858)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1858
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 955(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 955(7)
Title:
South façade of the quadrangle of the Nayakar Durbar Hall [Thanjavur]. Photographer: Tripe, Linnaeus
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Hindu); palaces; printed books; Tripe, 'Photographic views of Tanjore and Trivady' (1858)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1858
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 955(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 955(8)
Title:
Great Pagoda from the Fort glacis [Brihadishvara Temple, Thanjavur]. Photographer: Tripe, Linnaeus
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards the gopuras of the Brihadishvara Temple. Clouds painted onto negative. Albumen print, 355 x 254 mm. Subjects = gopuras; Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Hindu); printed books; temples; Tripe, 'Photographic views of Tanjore and Tri...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1858
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 955(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 955(9)
Title:
Sculptured figure on the entrance tower of the Great Pagoda [Brihadishvara Temple, Thanjavur]. Photographer: Tripe, Linnaeus
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of sculpture at the base of the gopura. Albumen print, 294 x 342 mm. Subjects = architectural elements; gopuras; Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Hindu); Indian sculpture; Indian sculpture (Hindu); printed books; temples; Tripe, 'Photographi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1858
Extent:
1 item