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1. Photo 966/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 966/1
Title:
Architecture at Beejapoor, an ancient Mahometan capital in the Bombay Presidency, photographed from drawings by Capt. P. D. Hart, B.E., A. Cummings, C.E., and native draftsmen; and on the spot by Colonel Biggs, late of the Royal Artillery, and the late Major Loch, Bombay Army. With an historical and descriptive memoir by Captain Meadows Taylor...and architectural notes James Fergusson...Published for the Committee of Architectural Antiquities of Western India under the patronage of Kursondas...
Scope & Content:
Imprint: London: John Murray, Albemarle Street. 1866.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
78 items

2. Photo 966/1(1a)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 966/1(1a)
Title:
The Kings of Beejapoor. From a miniature engraved in Langlès' 'Monuments de l'Hindoustan'. [Photographic copy of a painting.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Figures identified as: Yoosuf Adil Shah, Ismail Adil Shah, Ali Adil Shah, Ibrahim Adil Shah II, Mahmood Adil Shah, Ali Adil Shah II, Sikunder Adil Shah. Subjects = Indian rulers; printed books; prints and drawings; Taylor and Fergusson, 'Architecture at Beejapoor' ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1866
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 966/1(1b)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 966/1(1b)
Title:
'Malik-i-Mydan' - 'The Master of the Plain.' Photographer: Biggs, Thomas
Scope & Content:
Oval title-page vignette of the massive gun known as the Malik-i-Maidan, with a European figure posed beside it. Photographer uncertain, probably Biggs. Subjects = arms and armour; cannons; printed books; Taylor and Fergusson, 'Architecture at Beejapoor' (1866)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1855
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 966/1(1c)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 966/1(1c)
Title:
General view of ruins of palaces in the Citadel [Bijapur]. Photographer: Loch, William
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography 'This general view of the interior of the citadel has been taken from the roof of one of the numerous ruined buildings on the north-eastern side of the citadel, and conveys an excellent impression of the general condition of ruin and desolation...In the middel dista...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1855
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 966/1(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 966/1(2)
Title:
Part of the walls of the Citadel, with the Chinch Diddi Mosque [Bijapur]. Photographer: Biggs, Thomas
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Islamic); mosques; printed books; Taylor and Fergusson, 'Architecture at Beejapoor' (1866)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1855
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 966/1(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 966/1(3)
Title:
Ancient Hindoo College in the Citadel [Karim-ud-Din's Mosque, Bijapur]. Photographer: Biggs, Thomas
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards Karim-ud-Din's Mosque in the left foreground, with the Sat Manzil at the right. The mosque utilises the columns of a former Hindu temple: 'This building, or at least a portion of it, has been called an agrahara or Brahmanical college; but th...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1855
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 966/1(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 966/1(4)
Title:
Ancient Mosque in the Citadel [Karim-ud-Din's Mosque, Bijapur]. Photographer: Biggs, Thomas
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Islamic); mosques; printed books; Taylor and Fergusson, 'Architecture at Beejapoor' (1866)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1855
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 966/1(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 966/1(5)
Title:
Ruins in the Citadel, and Mosque of Yoosuf, Turk [Nau Gumbaz Mosque, Bijapur]. Photographer: Biggs, Thomas
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Ruined gateway in left foreground, with mosque beyond. The building is identified as the Nau Gumbaz in Henry Cousens, 'Bijapur and its architectural remains' (ASI, vol. XXXVII, Imperial series, Bombay, 1916), pl. lxxiii. Subjects = Indian architecture; Indian ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1855
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 966/1(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 966/1(6)
Title:
The Mehturee Mahal. General view [Bijapur]. Photographer: Biggs, Thomas
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the front and side elevations of the Mehtar Mahal. Subjects = Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Islamic); palaces; printed books; Taylor and Fergusson, 'Architecture at Beejapoor' (1866)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1855
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 966/1(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 966/1(7)
Title:
Plans and Sections of the Mehturee Mahal at Beejapoor. Front elevation. [Photographic copy of an architectural drawing.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography The original drawing is held in the Hart Collection. Subjects = architectural drawings; Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Islamic); palaces; printed books; prints and drawings; Taylor and Fergusson, 'Architecture at Beejapoor' (1866)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1850s
Extent:
1 item