The Great Gun, Bijapur. Photographer: Biggs, Thomas
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Genre: Architectural Photography Albumen print from a waxed calotype negative. The Great Gun or Malik-i-Maidan, with Indian figures grouped around it. This print is tightly cropped around the gun: the original negative shows more of the surrounding area.The gun was placed beside the Sherza Burj...
General view with ruins in foreground, Bijapur. Photographer: Biggs, Thomas
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Genre: Architectural Photography Albumen print from a waxed calotype negative. Precise location unidentified. Incorrectly identified in T. Bloch, 'A list of the photographic negatives of Indian antiquities in the collection of the Indian Museum: with which is incorporated the list of similar ne...
Tomb of Ali Adil Shah I, Bijapur. Photographer: Biggs, Thomas
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Genre: Architectural Photography Albumen print from a waxed calotype negative. For another view of this tomb, see Photo 1002 (1771). Incorrectly identified in T. Bloch, 'A list of the photographic negatives of Indian antiquities in the collection of the Indian Museum: with which is incorporated...
The Mecca Mosque, Bijapur. Photographer: Biggs, Thomas
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Genre: Architectural Photography Albumen print from a waxed calotype negative. View looking down onto the front of this small mosque from the surrounding wall. Henry Cousens, 'Revised list of antiquarian remains in the Bombay Presidency ... originally compiled by J. Burgess' (Bombay, 1897), p....
Haidar Khan's Masjid, Bijapur. Photographer: Biggs, Thomas
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Genre: Architectural Photography Albumen print from a waxed calotype negative. General view of the small mosque. The original negative is inscribed: 'Beejapoor Musjid of Hyder Khan Goozeratee, Killedar, & tombs of the ladies of Harem of Ali Adil Shah'. Henry Cousens, 'Revised list of anti...