Earl of Jersey Collection: 'India. Bombay to Madras'.
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Red full-leather album, 293x370mm, containing mounted prints with handwritten captions. The title is stamped in gold on the front cover and on the front fixed endpaper is the bookplate of 'Victor Albert George Child Villiers, Earl of Jersey, Middleton Park, Oxfordshire'. The photographs include ...
Genre: Architectural Photography View of the High Court and Rajabai Tower above the University library. Subjects = British colonial architecture; clocktowers; courthouses; European architecture in India; law & legal affairs
Towers of Silence, [Bombay]. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Architectural Photography General view showing vultures perched on the walls. Subjects = funerals; funerary practices; Parsees; rites and customs
Caves at Elephanta from entrance. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Architectural Photography General view of columns in the Shiva temple.. Subjects = Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Hindu); rock-cut temples; temples
Colossal figures in the Ling Chapel, Caves of Elephanta. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Architectural Photography View of sculptured figures on exterior of Linga shrine. Subjects = Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Hindu); Indian sculpture; Indian sculpture (Hindu); interiors; rock-cut temples; temples
The Hindu Trinity, Caves of Elephanta. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Architectural Photography View of the triple-headed Shiva. Subjects = Hindu deities; Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Hindu); Indian sculpture; Indian sculpture (Hindu); interiors; rock-cut temples; Shiva images; temples
Side view of preceding [ie. The Hindu Trinity], Caves of Elephanta. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = Hindu deities; Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Hindu); Indian sculpture; Indian sculpture (Hindu); interiors; rock-cut temples; Shiva images; temples