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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 1002 Language Not applicable Name Cousens, Henry, archaeologist and photographer in India, 1854-1933

1. Photo 1002

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1002
Title:
Archaeological Survey of India Collections: Indian Museum Series. Photographer(s): Joseph Daviditch Melik Beglar, Shepherd and Robertson, O. S. Baudesson, Henry Cousens, Nicholas and Co, Alexander Edwin Caddy, Henry Baily Wade Garrick, William Henry Cornish and others
Scope & Content:
Part of the Archaeological Survey of India Collections, bound into 46 volumes (Photo 1002/1-46) and containing a total of approximately 2651 prints, as follows: Photo 1002/1(1-50), Bengal. 63 albumen prints, but numbered 1-50 (some prints with additional alphabetical suffix), photographed by Da...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s-1890s
Extent:

46 volumes

2. Photo 1002/24(1221)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1002/24(1221)
Title:
Group of ancient sculptures of Vishnu, etc., at Damoh. Photographer: Cousens, Henry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Captioned and numbered in the negative. Cousens, Central Provinces list, p. 31: 'Most of the Hindu temples here were destroyed by the Muhammadans, and their materials were used to construct a fort, which, in its turn, has been destroyed, so that practically no b...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Feb 1894-Mar 1894
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 1002/24(1222)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1002/24(1222)
Title:
Walls and entrance of the Fort at Hatta, Damoh District. Photographer: Cousens, Henry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Captioned and numbered in the negative. Photograph taken during the Western Circle survey season of 1893-94. Another copy of this print at Photo 1009/2 (1416). Subjects = Archaeological Survey of India Collections; Archaeological Survey of India Collections (I...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Feb 1894-Mar 1894
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 1002/24(1223)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1002/24(1223)
Title:
Ruined temple at Kanoda, Damoh District. Photographer: Cousens, Henry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Captioned and numbered in the negative. General view of the sculptured tower of the temple, the mandapa destroyed. Photograph taken during the Western Circle survey season of 1893-94. Another copy of this print at Photo 1009/2 (1417). Subjects = Archaeological...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Feb 1894-Mar 1894
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 1002/24(1224)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1002/24(1224)
Title:
General view of Jain temples near the tank at Kundalpur, Damoh District. Photographer: Cousens, Henry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Captioned and numbered in the negative (caption faded). View looking across the tank towards some of the 50 or more Jain temples. Photograph taken during the Western Circle survey season of 1893-94. Another copy of this print at Photo 1009/2 (1415). Subjects =...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Feb 1894-Mar 1894
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 1002/24(1225)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1002/24(1225)
Title:
General view of ruined temple at Nohta, Damoh District. Photographer: Cousens, Henry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Cousens, Central Provinces list, p. 32: '13 miles south-east of Damoh. Judging from the number of sites of old temples, which are scattered in and around the village, Nohta must have been at one time a place of note. The only temple now standing is near the road...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jan 1894-Feb 1894
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 1002/24(1226)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1002/24(1226)
Title:
Interior of temple looking towards linga shrine, Nohta, Damoh District. Photographer: Cousens, Henry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Captioned and numbered in the negative. View looking towards the elaborately sculptured entrance to the shrine, with the linga visible inside. Photograph taken during the Western Circle survey season of 1893-94. Another copy of this print at Photo 1009/2 (1413)....
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jan 1894-Feb 1894
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 1002/24(1227)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1002/24(1227)
Title:
Colossal statue of a Jain tirthankara at Bahuriband, Jabalpur District. Photographer: Cousens, Henry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Captioned and numbered in the negative. The statue is 12 feet 2 inches high and is seen here with the lower portion recently excavated. Described ('a stiff, clumsy figure') in A. Cunningham, Report of a tour in the Central Provinces in 1873-74 and 1874-75 (A.S.I...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jan 1894
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 1002/24(1228)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1002/24(1228)
Title:
General view of statues in the colonnade of the Chaunsath Yogini Temple, Bheraghat, Jabalpur District. Photographer: Cousens, Henry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography The colonnade is described and the statues listed in A. Cunningham, Report of a tour in the Central Provinces in 1873-74 and 1874-75 (A.S.I. vol. IX, Calcutta, 1879), pp. 62-71. Bloch's list describes the subject as the Gauri Samkara Temple, but but this more co...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1893-1894
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 1002/24(1235)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1002/24(1235)
Title:
Statues in the colonnade of the Chaunsath Yogini Temple, Bheraghat, Jabalpur District. Photographer: Cousens, Henry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Captioned and numbered in the negative. Close view of two statues (different from those seen in print 1234) in the colonnade. Figures corresponding to numbers 21-22 in Cunningham's list. Photograph taken during the Western Circle survey season of 1893-94. Anothe...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1893-1894
Extent:
1 item