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1991. Photo 1003(672)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(672)
Title:
General view of the Arhai Kangura Mosque, Varanasi. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography North-West Provinces list, p. 207: '...A handsome structure and one of the finest masjids in the whole city...the masjid is a mixture of three styles, namely Bauddha, Hindu, and Musalman. The first edifice was most probably a vihara with one or more temples atta...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

1992. Photo 1003(695)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(695)
Title:
Ruins of a barakhambha or twelve-pillared hall, Rath, Hamirpur District. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of building, partly obscured by trees. J.D. Beglar, 'Report of a tour in Bundelkhand and Malwa, 1871-72; and in the Central Provinces, 1873-74' (A.S.I. vol. VII, Calcutta, 1878), p. 22: 'Raat contains two ancient-looking Barakhambas or twelve-pillar...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1871-1872
Extent:
1 item

1993. Photo 1003(698)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(698)
Title:
General view of the Chaurasi Gumbaz, Kalpi, Jalaun District. Photographer: Smith, Edmund William
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography The tomb known as the Chaurasi Gumbaz, or 'Eighty-four Domes', is said to be the tomb of Lodi Shah Badshah. A. Führer, 'The Monumental Antiquities and Inscriptions in the North-Western Provinces and Oudh' (Allahabad, 1891), p. 113: 'The only remarkable building....
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

1994. Photo 1003(699)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(699)
Title:
General view of the Chaurasi Gumbaz, Kalpi, Jalaun District. Photographer: Smith, Edmund William
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography A more oblique view than print 698, looking along the façade and with a portion of the building out of frame. The view appears to have been framed in this way in order to include the small, single-domed tomb standing at the extreme left of the print.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

1995. Photo 1003(700)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(700)
Title:
View of the main façade of the Atala Mosque, Jaunpur. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Oblique view looking north-west across the court, towards the mosque, dominated by the massive iwan or propylon in front of the dome. See A. Führer and E. W. Smith, 'The Sharqi architecture of Jaunpur' (Calcutta, 1889), chapter IV, for detailed descriptions.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

1996. Photo 1003(701)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(701)
Title:
Exterior view of the west side of the Atala Mosque, Jaunpur. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Oblique view from the north-west.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

1997. Photo 1003(702)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(702)
Title:
Main façade of the Jami Masjid, Jaunpur. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View from the south-east looking across the court towards the central portion of the façade, with the dome of the prayer hall partly visible behind the propylon.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

1998. Photo 1003(703)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(703)
Title:
Main façade of the Jami Masjid, Jaunpur. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography A very oblique view from the north-west corner of the court, looking towards the iwan and the dome of the mosque.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

1999. Photo 1003(704)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(704)
Title:
Exterior view of the west side of the Jami Masjid, Jaunpur. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View from the south-west corner, looking obliquely along the exterior wall. The view, taken from close to the wall and looking up, emphasises the massiveness of the façade. An almost identical view appears in A. Führer and E. W. Smith, 'The Sharqi architecture o...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

2000. Photo 1003(705)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(705)
Title:
Portion of the arcade in the Jami Masjid, Jaunpur. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

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