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31. Photo 472/1(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 472/1(9)
Title:
Central Railway Station [Madras]. Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards the station, with the stone bridge over the Cochrane Canal in the foreground. Photograph unsigned, but probably by Nicholas & Co. Subjects = bridges; British colonial architecture; canals; European architecture in India; railway statio...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880
Extent:
1 item

32. Photo 472/1(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 472/1(10)
Title:
Sea Face, Fort St George [Madras]. Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = forts; Ramsden Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880
Extent:
1 item

33. Photo 472/1(22)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 472/1(22)
Title:
Arjuna's Penance, Seven Pagodas [Mamallapuram]. Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View showing section of the rock carving. Subjects = Indian sculpture; Ramsden Collection; rock-cut sculpture; rock-cut sculpture (Hindu)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880
Extent:
1 item

34. Photo 472/1(27)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 472/1(27)
Title:
The Rathas, monolithic [Mamallapuram]. Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of the Pancha Rathas from the south-west, with the Dharmaraja Ratha in the foreground and the Bhima Ratha beyond. The other rathas are not clearly seen. Subjects = Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Hindu); Ramsden Collection; rock-cut temples; tem...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880
Extent:
1 item

35. Photo 472/1(29)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 472/1(29)
Title:
Vishnu's Butter-ball, Seven Pagodas [Mamallapuram]. Height = 25ft, greatest circumfce. 68ft, circumfce. of base = 19½ft. Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Massive rock in front of the Ganesha Ratha. Subjects = Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Hindu); Ramsden Collection; rock-cut temples; temples Location = India; Mamallapuram; Tamil Nadu; Vishnu's Butter-ball
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

36. Photo 472/1(33)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 472/1(33)
Title:
Gateway of Roya gopuram, unfinished [Minakshi Sundareshvara Temple, Madurai]. Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Oblique view of unfinished Raya Gopura at east end of temple. Subjects = architectural elements; gopuras; Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Hindu); Ramsden Collection; temples
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

37. Photo 472/1(47)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 472/1(47)
Title:
Return to the monastery of Burmese priests after begging for their daily food. Photographer: Beato, Felice
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = monks; Ramsden Collection; religion; religion (Buddhism)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

38. Photo 472/1(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 472/1(11)
Title:
South Beach from old Ice House [Madras]. Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking northwards along the beach road, with an Indian group posed in the foreground. In the left foreground is the old Ice House, a handsome pepperpot building with ionic pilasters and a pineapple finial, built in 1842. Now known as Vivekanand House. Subjec...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880
Extent:
1 item

39. Photo 472/1(25)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 472/1(25)
Title:
Durga Temple [Mahishamardini Cave Temple, Mamallapuram]. Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Hindu); Ramsden Collection; temples
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880
Extent:
1 item

40. Photo 472/1(23)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 472/1(23)
Title:
In Srerungum temple, Trichinopoly [Mandapa of stone horses, Ranganatha Temple, Srirangam]. Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = architectural elements; Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Hindu); Indian sculpture; Indian sculpture (Hindu); mandapas; Ramsden Collection; temples
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880
Extent:
1 item