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1. Photo 2/4(86)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 2/4(86)
Title:
Sipra Ghats at Ujjain. Photographer: Dayal, Deen
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Numbered '316' on album page. Genre: Architectural Photography View of temples and ghats along the bank of the sacred River Sipra.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1882
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 2/4(99)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 2/4(99)
Title:
View looking up towards the Opium Bridge, Indore. Photographer: Dayal, Deen
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Numbered '664' in the negative. Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the Khan River towards the stone bridge, with ghats in the foreground. Indore was at this period the headquarters of the Malwa Opium Agency.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1882
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 11(15)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(15)
Title:
River view near Tanjore. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Photograph taken by Samuel Bourne in 1869.View looking across a river, towards a riverside ghat and mansion among the palms on the far bank; with an Indian figure posed on the riverbank in the foreground.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 11(40)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(40)
Title:
The great mosque of Aurungzebe and adjoining Ghats, Benares. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
View looking along the riverside ghats of the Ganges at Varanasi, towards Aurangzeb's Mosque, which dominates the skyline in the background.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1865
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 11(41)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(41)
Title:
The Burning Ghat, Benares, Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
View looking down onto riverside temples at the Burning Ghat at Varanasi.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1865
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 101(27)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 101(27)
Title:
A Ghaut at Bindrabund. Photographer: Murray, John
Scope & Content:
Photograph of a ghat at Vrindavan in Uttar Pradesh, from the Murray Collection, taken by John Murray in the mid-1850s, from the Murray Collection: 'Photographic views in Agra and its vicinity'. Vrindavan is a pilgrimage town on the bank of the Yamuna river. This is a view of one of the bathing g...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Mid-1850s
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 212/2(36)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/2(36)
Title:
Secundermalie [Sakkandurmali], near Madura. The Rock and Tank. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking across the tank towards the rock face beyond, with a ghat at the right. 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 Fergusson, ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1867-1868
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 212/2(37)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/2(37)
Title:
Secundermalie [Sakkandurmali], near Madura. The Tank and part of the temple. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking across the tank towards the steps leading down to the water, with the temple gopura rising beyond. Lyon's 'Notes to accompany a series of photographs prepared to illustrate the ancient architecture of southern India' (Marion and Co., London, 1870), ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1867-1868
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 247/1(17)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 247/1(17)
Title:
Building for burning the dead, Calcutta. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed in the negative 'F. Fiebig.' Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking towards a burning ghat on the Hugli, the roofline crowded with vultures. Possibly Burning Ghat (now Nimtala Cremation Ground), just north of Nimtollah Ghat.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1851-1852
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 247/1(36)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 247/1(36)
Title:
Ghaut on the Hooghly [Calcutta]. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking along a terrace on the riverbank towards the ghat, built in European style with ionic columns, with what appear to be temple buildings in the background. This is possibly the river frontage of the Dakshineshvara Temple, north of the city.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1851-1852
Extent:
1 item