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31. Neg 1112/7(614)

Reference (shelfmark):
Neg 1112/7(614)
Title:
Gu-shin Suma. Residence of god of the district. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards a cairn, surmounted by poles to which extracts from sacred books are attached. This is similar to the obo seen in neg. 331. See also neg. 556.With a young boy posed in front of the structure. Duplicate negative only, no print.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1935
Extent:
1 item

32. Neg 1112/7(809)

Reference (shelfmark):
Neg 1112/7(809)
Title:
Village Ho-er-tu-lor. Chahar Mongol man with child. On the man's chest is a packet containing extracts from the Buddhist scriptures. Different extracts protect against different ills, may be of sickness, may be of other calamities. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Half-length portrait of a Mongolian man, posed with the child seen in other photographs in this series. Duplicate negative only, no print.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1935
Extent:
1 item

33. Neg 1112/7(813)

Reference (shelfmark):
Neg 1112/7(813)
Title:
Village Ho-er-tu-lor. Mongol man. Silver box on chest contains sacred image. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Half-length full-face portrait of a smiling Mongolian man. Duplicate negative only, no print.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1935
Extent:
1 item

34. Neg 1112/7(814)

Reference (shelfmark):
Neg 1112/7(814)
Title:
Village Ho-er-tu-lor. Chahar Mongol soldier with dog. He wears puttees, and round his neck the packet of charms which protects against all ills, including the bullets of the enemy. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length portrait of a Mongolian soldier, holding a watch dog by the neck. Duplicate negative only, no print.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1935
Extent:
1 item

35. Photo 11(91)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(91)
Title:
Monuments of Sutteeism in the Kangra Valley. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
View of stone sati memorials under a tree in the Kangra valley, taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s. Sati or the custom of a widow immolating herself on her husband’s funeral pyre was practiced by some Hindus, particularly the Rajputs. Sati slabs were placed in memory of the women who committed ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1864
Extent:
1 item

36. Photo 212/3(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/3(3)
Title:
Streevelliputtur [Srivilliputtur]. The large Juggernaut car. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Numbered '333' in the negative. Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the massive, richly-carved wooden temple car of the Vatapatrashayi Temple. The European figure posed by one of the wheels may possibly be Lyon himself. Lyon's 'Notes to accompany a series of photograp...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1867-1868
Extent:
1 item

37. Photo 212/3(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/3(4)
Title:
Streevelliputtur [Srivilliputtur]. Another view of the large Juggernaut car. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Direct, side-on view of the temple car also seen in print 3, showing the carving in more detail. Lyon's 'Notes to accompany a series of photographs prepared to illustrate the ancient architecture of southern India' (Marion and Co., London, 1870), edited by James...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1867-1868
Extent:
1 item

38. Photo 248(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 248(7)
Title:
Juggernauth Car, (decorated for festive procession). Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed in the negative, 'F. Fiebig' (signature cropped). View of a large temple car, decorated with flags, being processed along a street in South India (probably in Madras or vicinity), with followers in the background.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1852
Extent:
1 item

39. Photo 364/22(77)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 364/22(77)
Title:
Hindu worshippers, Conjeeveram. Photographer: Zetland, 2nd Marquess of
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Worshippers grouped in temple compound.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1910
Extent:
1 item

40. Photo 430/7(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/7(2)
Title:
Erivan: the lake in the court of the great Shiah mosque of Guek Jame. Shiahs performing their ablutions. N.B. fancy entering a Shiah mosque in Persia and photographing the pious over their ablutions! Photographer: Lynch, Henry Finnis Blosse
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking across the ablution tank in the mosque, with figures posed on the far side. A man in western dress, presumably one of Lynch's party, stands at the extreme left. Published: H. F. B. Lynch, 'Armenia. Travels and studies' (2 vols., 1901), vol. 1,...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1893-1894
Extent:
1 item

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