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1561. Photo 967/2(118)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 967/2(118)
Title:
Gateway of the Swamee Narayen's Palace [Ahmadabad]. Photographer: Biggs, Thomas
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Duplicate of Photo 967/1 (118). Subjects = architectural elements; gateways; Hope and Fergusson, 'Architecture at Ahmedabad' (1866); Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Hindu); temples
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1864
Extent:
1 item

1562. Photo 970(4)

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Photo 970(4)
Title:
Siddhpur - Ruins of the Rudra Mala. Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
Scope & Content:
View of massive ruins archways of the Rudra Mahalaya Temple at Siddhapur, with three Indian figures posed in the foreground. Photograph by Colin Murray for Bourne and Shepherd.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1872-73
Extent:
1 item

1563. Photo 976(33)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 976(33)
Title:
The ruins of Martund, Cashmere - 2,000 years old. Photographer: Clarke, Melville
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of the ruins of the 8th-century Surya Temple at Martand. Subjects = Clarke, M., 'From Simla through Ladac and Cashmere' (1862); Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Hindu); temples
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1861
Extent:
1 item

1564. Photo 977(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 977(1)
Title:
Temple of Bhawun [Devi Vajresri Temple, Kangra]. Photographer: Egerton, Philip Henry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking down the sloping street towards the temple with its gilded copper cupola. Subjects = Egerton, P.H., 'Journal of tour through Spiti...' (1864); Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Hindu); temples
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1863
Extent:
1 item

1565. Photo 977(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 977(7)
Title:
Temple at Nugger. Photographer: Egerton, Philip Henry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the temple tower, with wooden superstructure. 'In the evening I went on to Nugger, fifteen miles further up the valley, and some 1,500 feet above the river...The temples of Koolloo have a curious kind of wooden roof thrown over the stone structur...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1863
Extent:
1 item

1566. Photo 984(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 984(3)
Title:
Gow Ghat [Benares]. Photographer: Bromochary, Brajo Gopal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking along the riverbank towards the ghat, with a temple tower at the right. 'From time immemorial, numbers of Gows or Cows used to come and dringk water at this spot; in honor of the Cows (which are held sacred by the Hindus), a huge stone cow erected o...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

1567. Photo 984(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 984(7)
Title:
Baji Rao's and Chingna Apa's Ghats with the house called Lakshmanbala [Benares]. Photographer: Bromochary, Brajo Gopal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View from the riverside looking towards the substantial building overlooking the ghats. 'These ghats are named after their buildiers. One of the flights of stairs leading up from the Panchganga Ghat enters to this large building known as Lakshmanbala or more pop...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

1568. Photo 984(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 984(10)
Title:
Sindhia's Broken Ghat [Benares]. Photographer: Bromochary, Brajo Gopal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards the subsided ghat, with temples and other buildings in the foreground. 'This Ghat is remarkable not only for the massiveness of its masonry, but also from the circumstance that the entire structure has sunk several feet into the earth since ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

1569. Photo 984(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 984(11)
Title:
Manikarnika Ghat [Benares]. Photographer: Bromochary, Brajo Gopal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of the busy scene at the ghat, with temples beyond. 'Manikarnika is the name given to a well which is just above the Ghat. Between it and the Ganges is the temple of Tarkeswara below which the dead bodies of the Hindus are burnt. The Ghat is one of the five...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

1570. Photo 984(14)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 984(14)
Title:
Ahallya Bai, Sitla and Dasaswamedh Ghats [Benares]. Photographer: Bromochary, Brajo Gopal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards the ghats, with temples and other buildings beyond. 'Dasaswamedh Ghat is exceedingly venerated by the natives of the city, as well as by pilgrims and devotees and is much frequented for its sanctity. It is one of the five celebrated places o...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

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