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21. Photo 179(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 179(7)
Title:
Baboo's Ghaut [Calcutta]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Landward view of the entrance to the ghat, a colonnade in the Greek doric order with central pedimented archway on the banks of the Hugli near the Town Hall. The letterpress caption label pasted to reverse records the inscription: 'The Right Hon'ble Lord William...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1872
Extent:
1 item

22. Photo 179(15)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 179(15)
Title:
Armenian Ghat [Calcutta]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography A photograph of the ghat from the Hugli riverside, with boats on the foreground. Masts of the larger ships can be seen behind the covered jetty. With descriptive letterpress caption label pasted to reverse.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1872
Extent:
1 item

23. Photo 184(92)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 184(92)
Title:
Tempel (Poenta Dewa), Diëng-plateau [Candi Puntadewa Temple, Dieng Plateau]. Photographer: Kinsbergen, Isidore van
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography General view of the single-cell shrine, with the entrance stairway between curved balustrades in the foreground. The niche seen in close-up in print 102 can be seen on the left-facing façade. The catalogue appears to have placed captions to items 92 and 93 in t...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jul 1864-Sep 1864
Extent:
1 item

24. Photo 184(127)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 184(127)
Title:
Trap van den Ardjoeno-tempel, Diëng-plateau [Entrance stairway to Candi Arjuna, Dieng Plateau]. Photographer: Kinsbergen, Isidore van
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography 'Candi Arjuna, details of the staircase and the doorjamb, both decorated with a makara head finial. Dieng Plateau, Wonosobo district, Central Java province, 8th-9th century' [Note from catalogue list of series in Gerda Theuns-de Boer and Saskia Asser,' Isidore ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jul 1864-Sep 1864
Extent:
1 item

25. 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

26. 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

27. 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

28. 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

29. Photo 247/1(51)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 247/1(51)
Title:
Ghaut on the Hooghly [Calcutta]. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed in the negative 'F. Fiebig' (signature cropped). Genre: Architectural Photography View looking along the river from the steps of the ghat, with temple buildings partly visible on the right. This photograph shows the same location as prints 36 and 52, possibly at the Dakshin...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 item

30. Photo 247/1(52)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 247/1(52)
Title:
Ghaut and temples on the banks of the Hooghly [Calcutta]. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View from the steps of the ghat seen in prints 36 and 51, looking back towards a row of temple shrines, with the ionic columns of the ghat in the foreground. This is possibly the Dakshineshvara Temple, completed in 1855.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 item

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