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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 1002 Language Not applicable Subject Hindu Sculpture

1. Photo 1002/1(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1002/1(10)
Title:
Closer view of rock with temple in the Ganges at Jangira, Bhagalpur District [Jahnumuni Temple, Jahangira]. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking up the rock face towards the temple. The face of the rock below the temple is covered with carved religious images. Described in 'List of Ancient Monuments in Bengal. Revised and corrected up to 31st August 1895' (Calcutta, 1896), pp. 420-421: 'Th...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1879-1880
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 1002/1(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1002/1(11)
Title:
Closer view of rock-cut sculptures below the temple at Jangira, Bhagalpur District [Jahnumuni Temple, Jahangira]. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of carved figures on the rock face below the Jahnumuni Temple. See also print 10. Described in 'List of Ancient Monuments in Bengal. Revised and corrected up to 31st August 1895' (Calcutta, 1896), pp. 420-421: 'The temple of Jahnumuni is on the high...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1879-1880
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 1002/1(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1002/1(12)
Title:
Rock-cut sculptures below the temple at Jangira, Bhagalpur District [Jahnumuni Temple, Jahangira]. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Rock-cut sculpture on boulders near the temple. See prints 10-11.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1879-1880
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 1002/1(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1002/1(13)
Title:
Rock-cut sculptures below the temple at Jangira, Bhagalpur District [Jahnumuni Temple, Jahangira]. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Numbered '163C' in the negative Genre: Architectural Photography Rock-cut sculpture on boulders near the temple. See also prints 10-12.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1879-1880
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 1002/1(36)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1002/1(36)
Title:
Chamunda image at Jajpur, Cuttack District. Photographer: Cornish, William Henry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Described (with prints 37-38) in 'List of Ancient Monuments in Bengal. Revised and corrected up to 31st August 1895' (Calcutta, 1896), pp. 472-473: 'Within the compound of the Subdivisional Officer's quarters are four gigantic images named Varahini, Chamunda, I...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 1002/1(37)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1002/1(37)
Title:
Indrani image at Jajpur, Cuttack District. Photographer: Cornish, William Henry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Described (with prints 36 and 38) in 'List of Ancient Monuments in Bengal. Revised and corrected up to 31st August 1895' (Calcutta, 1896), pp. 472-473: 'Within the compound of the Subdivisional Officer's quarters are four gigantic images named Varahini, Chamund...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 1002/1(38)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1002/1(38)
Title:
Varahi image at Jajpur, Cuttack District. Photographer: Cornish, William Henry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Sculpture of the wife of Vishnu in boar incarnation. Described (with prints 36-37) in 'List of Ancient Monuments in Bengal. Revised and corrected up to 31st August 1895' (Calcutta, 1896), pp. 472-473: 'Within the compound of the Subdivisional Officer's quarter...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 1002/2(70)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1002/2(70)
Title:
Group of sculptures from Bodh Gaya. Photographer: Garrick, Henry Baily Wade
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Group of sculpture slabs photographed against a wall at Bodh Gaya. The caption identifies: '2 Adityas, 2 Shiva and Parvatis, 2 Ganeshas, 1 Vishnu, 1 female statue of uncertain meaning and fragments of 3 other statues.' Now in the Indian Museum, Calcutta. Credite...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880-1881
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 1002/2(71)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1002/2(71)
Title:
Group of terracotta figures from Bodh Gaya. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography A very dark print, showing a group of terracotta images of Hindu deities and Buddha images, packed for transportation on wooden shelves. The top right-hand piece is reproduced in Alexander Cunningham, 'Mahabodhi or the Great Buddhist Temple under the Bodhi Tree ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Late 1870s
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 1002/2(83)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1002/2(83)
Title:
Sculptured slabs in the ruined temple at Mandaur, Gaya District. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Numbered '157C' in the negative Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of sculptures of Shiva and Parvati, Surya, Vishnu and other fragments. See note at plate 80.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870s
Extent:
1 item