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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 1002 Language Not applicable Name Simpson, Benjamin, 1831-1923

1. Photo 1002/1(26)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1002/1(26)
Title:
Front view of the Asokan Edict Pillar, Lauriya Nandangarh, Champaran District. Photographer: Simpson, Benjamin
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of edict pillar with lion capital. Described in 'List of Ancient Monuments in Bengal. Revised and corrected up to 31st August 1895' (Calcutta, 1896), pp. 380-381: 'A short distance from these tombs stands the lion pillar of Lauriya Navandgarh. Th...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 1002/1(27)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1002/1(27)
Title:
Side view of the Asokan Edict Pillar, Lauriya Nandangarh, Champaran District. Photographer: Simpson, Benjamin
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the Asokan edict pillar, with tree behind and a horse standing near the base. See note at Photo 1002/1 (26).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1860s
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 1002/1(28)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1002/1(28)
Title:
Rear view of the Asokan Edict Pillar, Lauriya Nandangarh, Champaran District. Photographer: Simpson, Benjamin
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography See note at Photo 1002/1 (26).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1860s
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 1002/4(198)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1002/4(198)
Title:
General view of the Bihar Museum [Broadley Collection]. Photographer: Simpson, Benjamin
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking across the pool towards the museum building, with sculpture pieces on display in the foreground. The figure leaning against one of the pieces may well be Broadley. See note at print 199. Subjects = British colonial architecture; Broadley Collecti...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 1002/4(199)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1002/4(199)
Title:
General view of south façade of the Bihar Museum, with sculptures ranged in front of the building [Broadley Collection]. Photographer: Simpson, Benjamin
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Credited to 'Dr Simpson', but possibly taken by Beglar. The museum was founded by Alexander Meyrick Broadley (ICS), who acquired much of the collection during his travels to archaeological sites in Bihar in the early 1870s. His archaeological work and some of th...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 1002/4(200)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1002/4(200)
Title:
Two Armenian tombstones and miscellaneous sculpture slabs arranged in front of the Bihar Museum [Broadley Collection]. Photographer: Simpson, Benjamin
Scope & Content:
View of sculpture pieces arranged in front of the museum. See note at print 199, also Frederick M. Asher, 'The Former Broadley Collection, Bihar Sharif' ('Artibus Asiae', vol. 32, 1970, pp. 105-124), where this photograph is reproduced as plate 2, with Broadley's original caption: 'Eastern doorw...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 1002/4(201)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1002/4(201)
Title:
Sculptured pillar and sculptured slabs in the grounds of the Bihar Museum [Broadley Collection]. Photographer: Simpson, Benjamin
Scope & Content:
View of sculpture pieces arranged in the garden of the museum. See note at print 199, also Frederick M. Asher, 'The Former Broadley Collection, Bihar Sharif' ('Artibus Asiae', vol. 32, 1970, pp. 105-124), where this photograph is reproduced as plate 7, with Broadley's original notes: 'North side...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 1002/4(202)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1002/4(202)
Title:
Sculptured pillar and sculptured slabs in the grounds of the Bihar Museum [Broadley Collection]. Photographer: Simpson, Benjamin
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of sculpture pieces arranged in museum garden. See note at print 199, also Frederick M. Asher, 'The Former Broadley Collection, Bihar Sharif' ('Artibus Asiae', vol. 32, 1970, pp. 105-124), where this photograph is reproduced as plate 8, with Broadley's orig...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 1002/4(203)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1002/4(203)
Title:
Sculptured doorway and miscellaneous sculptured slabs arranged in front of the Bihar Museum [Broadley Collection]. Photographer: Simpson, Benjamin
Scope & Content:
View of sculpture pieces arranged in front of the museum. See note at print 199, also Frederick M. Asher, 'The Former Broadley Collection, Bihar Sharif' ('Artibus Asiae', vol. 32, 1970, pp. 105-124), where this photograph is reproduced as plate 3, with Broadley's original notes: 'Doorway to the ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 1002/4(204)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1002/4(204)
Title:
Sculptured pillars and Hindu and Buddhist sculptures in the grounds of the Bihar Museum [Broadley Collection]. Photographer: Simpson, Benjamin
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Showing sculptures arranged in the garden of the museum. See note at print 199, also Frederick M. Asher, 'The Former Broadley Collection, Bihar Sharif' ('Artibus Asiae', vol. 32, 1970, pp. 105-124), where this photograph is reproduced as plate 6, with Broadley's...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item