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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 966/1 Language Not applicable Name Biggs, Thomas, 1822-1905

1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. Photo 966/1(17)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 966/1(17)
Title:
Unfinished Mausoleum of Ali Adil Shah I [sic, for Adil Shah II, Bijapur]. Photographer: Biggs, Thomas
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the arches of the unfinished tomb. Subjects = Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Islamic); printed books; Taylor and Fergusson, 'Architecture at Beejapoor' (1866); tombs
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1855
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 966/1(18)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 966/1(18)
Title:
The Jumma Mosque. From the Courtyard. [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

9. Photo 966/1(30)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 966/1(30)
Title:
Mosque and Gateway built by Nawab Mustafa Khan Ardistany. [Corrected caption: Batula Khan's Mosque and Gateway, Bijapur.] Photographer: Biggs, Thomas
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography The mosque is at the right, only partly visible, with the gateway dominating the photograph in the left foreground. Precise location unidentified: this is not the mosque identified as Mustafa Khan's Mosque in Henry Cousens, Bijapur and its architectural remains,...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1855
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 966/1(31)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 966/1(31)
Title:
Gateway for the Nukar Khana of Nawab Mustafa Khan's Palace. [(?)Bari Kaman Gateway, Bijapur.] Photographer: Biggs, Thomas
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of gateway, with small ruined mosque beyond. (?)Possibly the Bari Kaman: 'Standing some two hundred yards to the south of the mosque and palace, upon the side of the main road leading from the citadel to the Jami Masjid, is a great heavy-looking arc...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1855
Extent:
1 item