Interior of Durbar Hall of Gwalior Palace (new). Photographer: Dayal, Deen
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Inscription: Signed and numbered 'Deen Dyal 364' in the negative. Genre: Architectural Photography View looking along the length of the durbar hall of the Jai Vilas Palace.
Palace of Shah Jehan [Diwan-i-Khas, Agra]. Photographer: Murray, John
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A photograph of the Diwan-i-Khas (Hall of Private Audience) in Agra, from Murray Collection: 'Photographic views in Agra and its vicinity', taken by John Murray in the mid-1850s. The Diwan-i-Khas is one of the fort palaces built in 1637 by Shah Jahan (r.1628-58) and consists of an open colonnade...
Madura Palace. The interior. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
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Genre: Architectural Photography View inside the audience hall of Trimul Naik's Palace, looking towards wooden seating with punkahs above. Another copy at Photo 1000 (2969). See also Photo 953/4 (6), for a similar view, taken a decade earlier. Lyon's 'Notes to accompany a series of photographs ...
Tanjore Palace. Disused Council Chamber. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
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Inscription: Numbered '405' in the negative. Genre: Architectural Photography View of the arched and heavily sculptured interior of the old council chamber in the Nayaka Palace at Tanjore (Thanjavur). Lyon's 'Notes to accompany a series of photographs prepared to illustrate the ancient archite...
Tanjore Palace. Another view of the disused Council Chamber. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
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Genre: Architectural Photography A similar view to print 36, looking along the length of the vaulted audience hall of the Nayaka Palace at Tanjore (Thanjavur) and showing sculptural detail and wall paintings. Lyon's 'Notes to accompany a series of photographs prepared to illustrate the ancient ...
Banquetting [sic. for Memorial] Hall, Barrackpore. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
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Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the Memorial Hall, also known as the Temple of Fame, looking towards the portico. The building was erected to memorialise the soldiers who fell in the conquest of Java and Mauritius between 1810 and 1811.
The Dewan-i-Am looking towards Upper Bala Hissar [Kabul]. Photographer: Burke, John
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Inscription: Signed in the negative, 'Burke 285'. Genre: Architectural Photography General view looking down onto the Diwan-i-Am or hall of public audience in the Bala Hissar, with the walls of the fort rising in the background. This building, seen here in dilapidated condition during the Brit...
Audience hall of the Mahal Sarai, Rohtasgarh. Photographer: Peppé, Thomas Fraser
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Genre: Architectural Photography 'Passing through this gateway the passage leads into a sort of courtyard, and immediately opposite the entrance is one of the finest buildings in the whole place. It was the public reception room, and was called the Barahdoware [Baradari] or twelve gates, and it...
General view of the Gagan Mahal, Bijapur. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
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Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards the triple-arched façade of the audience hall, seen here in ruinous condition. India Museum no. 1440. Received from Captain Lyon, 7 February 1871. Duplicate print at Photo 1001 (3198). 549. - Close to the Harem represented in No. 548 is the...
