Interior of the Jami Masjid, Bijapur. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
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Genre: Architectural Photography View of the arched interior of the mosque beneath the great central dome. India Museum no. 1430. Received from Captain Lyon, 7 February 1871. 539. - As mentioned in the description No. 538 the mosque is divided into squares, each covered by its own small dome, ...
The mihrab of the Jami Masjid, Bijapur. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
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Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the richly-decorated mihrab, or niche indicating the direction of Mecca. India Museum no. 1431. Received from Captain Lyon, 7 February 1871. Duplicate print at Photo 1001 (3189). 540. - On entering the mosque and advancing into the centre square...
Close view of wall sculptures on right side of porch of the Buddhist chaitya hall, Karli. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
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Genre: Architectural Photography Relief sculpture of three elephants supporting representations of multi-storeyed buildings. India Museum no. 1444. Received from Captain Lyon, 7 February 1871. '553. - As before stated there is a porch outside the cave, it is considerably wider than the body of...
Interior of Buddhist chaitya hall, Karli. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
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Genre: Architectural Photography View looking along the length of the chaitya hall towards the votive stupa at the far end. The hall is lined on either side with columns surmounted by elephants ridden by embracing couples. India Museum no. 1445. Received from Captain Lyon, 7 February 1871. Dupl...
Close view of carved stone pillar inside the Ambaranatha Temple, Ambarnath. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
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Genre: Architectural Photography India Museum no. 1449. Received from Captain Lyon, 7 February 1871. '558. - Represents one of four pillars which support the roof of the building inside. Time and the weather even in the interior, seem to have been unusually destructive on this temple and more ...
Interior of the Jami Masjid, Ahmadabad. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
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Genre: Architectural Photography Interior of the mosque, taken from directly beneath the arch of the iwan. India Museum no. 1463. Received from Captain Lyon 7 February 1871. Duplicate print at Photo 1001 (3220). Lyon supplies the following description in his 'Notes to accompany a series of pho...
View of a mihrab in Muhafiz Khan's Mosque, Ahmadabad. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
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Genre: Architectural Photography View of mihrab, identified by Lyon as being in the Jami Masjid, but this identification is disputed by a pencilled note beside the caption. In the duplicate copy of this print, the mosque is identified as Muhafiz Khan's Mosque. This latter idenfication is confir...
Side view of minbar or pulpit in Muhafiz Khan's Mosque, Ahmadabad. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
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Genre: Architectural Photography 586. - Shows a side view of the pulpit of this mosque; it is entirely of stone much more handsomely carved than any other to be found in the city.