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1361. Photo 1009/2(1396)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1009/2(1396)
Title:
Panthia. Large statue of Mahakali [Shiva as devourer of time and creation]. Photographer: Cousens, Henry
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Titled and numbered in the negative. General view of the statue, lying in pieces in a field, with an Indian figure posed beside it to indicate scale: 'A short distance from the temple, nearer the village, and lying full-length upon the ground in four separate pieces, is a colossal ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Nov 1893-Dec 1893
Extent:
1 item

1362. Photo 1009/2(1403)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1009/2(1403)
Title:
Bahuriband. Colossal Jain image. Photographer: Cousens, Henry
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Titled and numbered in the negative. Genre: Architectural Photography Photographed by Cousens' assistants: 'From Jabalpur I sent men to Bilhari, Rupnath, Bahuriband, and Tigowa, all in the north of the Jabalpur district, to get photographs of the remains at those places and copies...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jan 1894
Extent:
1 item

1363. Photo 1009/2(1408)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1009/2(1408)
Title:
Trewar [Tewar]. Image of Vajrapani. Photographer: Cousens, Henry
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Titled and numbered in the negative. Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Captioned and numbered in the negative. Close view of the sculpture. 'Not far from Bheraghat, and on the road to Jabalpur, is the small village of Tewar...Just outside the village at its south-west end, under so...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1893-1894
Extent:
1 item

1364. Photo 1084, 2(30)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1084, 2(30)
Title:
The Ling-kor, or circular sacred road of Lhasa. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View of the road, hung with prayer flags and with three figures posed beside the building in the foreground: 'The pilgrims can be seen wending their way round the circular road, turning their prayer wheel, and acquiring merit by avoiding the puddles. To ac...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1904
Extent:
1 item

1365. Photo 1099(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1099(8)
Title:
Carved figures, Rangoon. A reclining 'Gaudama', with attendant worshippers. Photographer: Jackson, J.
Scope & Content:
Photograph of carved wooden figures at Rangoon (Yangon), taken by J. Jackson in c.1868. The figures represent the reclining Gautama Buddha with attendant worshippers, a form of sacred sculpture which would be painted or gilded. They are animated and naturalistic in style and are arranged on a la...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1868
Extent:
1 item

1366. Photo 1148(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1148(11)
Title:
Majestic calm of the great bronze Buddha, six centuries old. (S.W.) Kamakura, Japan. Photographer: Underwood and Underwood
Scope & Content:
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Stereoscopic view of the Buddha image at Kamakura.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

1367. Photo 1148(40)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1148(40)
Title:
Peasant praying before images of the God of Light, (E.), Nikko, Japan. Photographer: Underwood and Underwood
Scope & Content:
Stereoscopic view.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

1368. Photo 1167(29)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1167(29)
Title:
Buddha images on the wall of Tabo Monastery, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Scope & Content:
'Hundreds of images of the Buddha cover a wall in Tabo Monastery. Some of these exquisite murals date back to 996 A.D. when the monastery was founded. Tabo is one of 108 religious sites spread from Mustang to Ladakh associated with Rinchen Zangpo, the 'great translator' of many Buddhist sutras f...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jul 1996
Extent:
1 item

1369. Photo 1175(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1175(8)
Title:
Khajuraha — Colossal image of Varaha in Varaha Temple. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Postcard view, published by the Medici Society, London, of the large sculpture of Vishnu as Varaha, the body covered with miniature figures, in the Varaha Temple (western group).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920s
Extent:
1 item

1370. Photo 1183(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1183(9)
Title:
Native Idol, Gaga. Photographer: Woodbury and Page
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Numbered '43' in pencil on mount. Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Close view of a sculpture of Ganesh in the ruins of the temple complex of Singasari. This piece was later presented to the King of Siam, when he visited the Dutch East Indies in 1896. Identification, dating and oth...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860
Extent:
1 item

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