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1. Photo 11(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(1)
Title:
Street view in Tanjore showing three small pagodas [gopuras]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Photograph of a street in Tanjore with three gopurams, taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 11(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(2)
Title:
Street view in Tanjore with carved wooden car. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
View in Tanjore, taken by Samuel Bourne in 1869. View looking along the street towards a temple gopura flanked by painted walls, with a large temple car in the roadway beside an open-sided pavilion.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 11(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(3)
Title:
Street view in Tanjore showing one of the native palaces. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
View in a street in Tanjore, taken by Samuel Bourne in 1869. Street scene in Tanjore (Thanjavur), with figures posed in the roadway and an imposing mansion on the left.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 11(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(4)
Title:
The city of Tanjore from the ramparts. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
View of Tanjore from the ramparts, taken by Samuel Bourne in 1869. View looking across rooftops towards the Nayaka Palace at Tanjore (Thanjavur), with its distinctive temple-like pyramidal tower.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 11(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(5)
Title:
View showing the old moat and ramparts of Tanjore. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
View of the old moat with ramparts on the right, towards the outer gopura of the Brihadishvara Temple on the skyline, Tanjore, taken by Samuel Bourne in 1869.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 11(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(6)
Title:
The ramparts of Tanjore with outer gopuram of the Pagoda. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
View of the old moat and ramparts, Tanjore, taken by Samuel Bourne in 1869. The outer gopura of the Brihadishvara temple can be seen to the right of the moat.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 11(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(7)
Title:
The Great Pagoda and Stone Bull, Tanjore. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Photograph of the Great Pagoda and Nandi pavilion in the Brihadishvara Temple at Tanjore, taken by Samuel Bourne in 1869. View from the south-east corner of the Brihadishvara Temple court at Tanjore (Thanjavur), looking towards the Nandi pavilion, with the main sanctuary of the temple beyond.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 11(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(8)
Title:
The great Stone Bull, Tanjore. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Photograph of the Stone Bull in the Brihadishvara Temple at Tanjore, taken by Samuel Bourne in 1869. Side view of the great Nandi sculpture in the Brihadishvara temple at Tanjore (Thanjavur).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 11(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(9)
Title:
The great Pagoda, Tanjore, from the ramparts. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Photograph of the Great Pagoda of the Brihadishvara Temple at Tanjore, taken by Samuel Bourne in 1869. View looking towards the sanctuary tower of the Brihadishvara Temple at Tanjore (Thanjavur).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 11(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(10)
Title:
The great Pagoda at Tanjore with corridor on the northern side. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Photograph of the Great Pagoda of the Brihadishvara Temple at Tanjore, taken by Samuel Bourne in 1869. The Brihadishvara Temple built by the Chola king Rajaraja around 1010, is a monumental temple standing in the middle of a large courtyard surrounded by smaller shrines.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item