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Language Not applicable Subject Tombs and Sepulchral Monuments Name Biggs, Thomas, 1822-1905

1. Neg 1000/7(825)

Reference (shelfmark):
Neg 1000/7(825)
Title:
General view of the Rauza of Mubarak Sayyid at Sojali near Mehmdabad, Gujarat.  Photographer: Biggs, Thomas
Scope & Content:
10" x 8" glass negative, painting out in sky area. Some flaking of collodion.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 208(21)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 208(21)
Title:
Tippu's Tomb. [Perforated stone screen in Tipu Sultan's Tomb, Shriringapattana.] Photographer: Thomas Biggs
Scope & Content:
For another copy of this print, see Photo 1000/9(1009).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 1000/7(825)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/7(825)
Title:
General view of the Rauza of Mubarak Sayyid at Sojali near Mehmdabad, Gujarat. Photographer: Thomas Biggs.
Scope & Content:
Listed in Henry Cousens, Revised list of antiquarian remains in the Bombay Presidency ... originally compiled by J. Burgess (Bombay, 1897), p. 93 and Archaeological Survey of Western India, VI, pp.45-6.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 1000/9(968)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/9(968)
Title:
Tomb of Ali Adil Shah I, Bijapur. Photographer: Biggs, Thomas
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 1000/9(992)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/9(992)
Title:
General view of the Galaganatha Temple, with dolmen at the right, Aihole. Photographer: Biggs, Thomas
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Albumen print from a waxed calotype negative. Similar view to plate 73 of Taylor and Fergusson, 'Architecture in Dharwar and Mysore' (London, 1866), but with an Indian figure seated in the foreground. The dolmen is partly cropped out of the photograph in this pr...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 1000/40(4242)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/40(4242)
Title:
Tamarind tree and unidentified tomb. Photographer: Biggs, Thomas
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Islamic tomb and tamarind tree. 'Recd. from Genl Biggs 22/3/71.' But possibly printed from a paper negative made in the mid-1850s in Karnataka.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1855
Extent:
1 item