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Collection Area Visual Arts Subject Capitals

21. Photo 1002/29(1480)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1002/29(1480)
Title:
Close view of lion capital of right pillar of East Gate of the Stupa of Bharhut. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Reproduced in autotype in Alexander Cunningham, 'The Stupa of Bharhut' (London, 1879), pl. x. Duplicate (in better condition) at Photo 1000 (2230). Subjects = Indian architecture
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Mar 1874-Apr 1874
Extent:
1 item

22. Photo 1003(26)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(26)
Title:
Front view of the Asokan Edict Pillar, Lauriya Nandangarh, Champaran District. Photographer: Simpson, Benjamin
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of edict pillar with lion capital. 'List of Ancient Monuments in Bengal' (Calcutta, 1896), pp. 380-381; facsimile and translation of the inscription in 'Epigraphia Indica', vol. II, pp. 245-272. Duplicate of Photo 1002 (26).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

23. Photo 1003(26a)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(26a)
Title:
Front view of the Asokan Edict Pillar, Lauriya Nandangarh, Champaran District. Photographer: Caddy, Alexander Edwin
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Poor quality print. This photograph appears to be a later view than Simpson's: iron railings have been placed round the monument in the intervening period. Duplicate of Photo 1002 (26).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1895
Extent:
1 item

24. Photo 1003(27)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(27)
Title:
Side view of the Asokan Edict Pillar, Lauriya Nandangarh, Champaran District. Photographer: Simpson, Benjamin
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Good general view of the edict pillar, with a horse standing beside the monument. Duplicate of Photo 1002 (27).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1860s
Extent:
1 item

25. Photo 1003(28)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(28)
Title:
Rear view of the Asokan Edict Pillar, Lauriya Nandangarh, Champaran District. Photographer: Simpson, Benjamin
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Duplicate of Photo 1002 (28).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1860s
Extent:
1 item

26. Photo 1003(66)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(66)
Title:
Fragments of a lion capital found at Bodh Gaya. Photographer: Garrick, Henry Baily Wade
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Credited to Beglar in Bloch's list, but see Alexander Cunningham and H.B.W. Garrick, 'Report of tours in North and South Bihar, in 1880-81' (A.S.I. vol. XVI, Calcutta, 1883), p.134: 'Amongst the numerous fragments lately exhumed at Buddha Gaya, perhaps one of th...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880-1881
Extent:
1 item

27. Photo 1003(183)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(183)
Title:
Front view of the lion capital of the Asoka Pillar at Basarh, Mizzarfurpur District. Photographer: Garrick, Henry Baily Wade
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography A small image, probably cropped down from a larger print. A. Cunningham and H.B.W. Garrick, 'Report of tours in North and South Bihar, in 1880-81' (A.S.I. vol. XVI, Calcutta, 1883), pp. 92-93: 'I took two photographs of this monument, one a front, and one a side...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880-1881
Extent:
1 item

28. Photo 1003(184)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(184)
Title:
Side view of the lion capital of the Asoka Pillar at Basarh, Mizzarfurpur District. Photographer: Garrick, Henry Baily Wade
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography See note at print 183. Duplicate of Photo 1002 (184).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880-1881
Extent:
1 item

29. Photo 1003(668)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(668)
Title:
Pillars with lion capitals found at Garhwa, Allahabad District. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography See A. Cunningham, 'Report of tours in Bundelkhand and Malwa in 1874-75 and 1876-77' (A.S.I. vol. X, Calcutta, 1880), p. 13: 'The round pillars are similar to those in the Gupta buildings at Eran and Udayagiri, but they are perhaps even more richly carved. They ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

30. Photo 1003(680)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(680)
Title:
Elephant capital from ancient monolith, Sankasya, Fatehgarh District. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Printed from a poor quality negative, with damage to emulsion at edges, possibly due to premature drying of collodion. Side view of the capital, described in A. Cunningham, 'Four reports made during the years 1862-63-64-65' (A.S.I. vol. I, Simla, 1871), pp. 274-...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item