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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 1003 Name Cousens, Henry, archaeologist and photographer in India, 1854-1933 Level [40] File

1. Photo 1003(1221)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(1221)
Title:
Group of ancient sculptures of Vishnu, etc., at Damoh. Photographer: Cousens, Henry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Captioned and numbered in the negative. Cousens, Central Provinces list, p. 31: 'Most of the Hindu temples here were destroyed by the Muhammadans, and their materials were used to construct a fort, which, in its turn, has been destroyed, so that practically no b...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1892-1894
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 1003(1222)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(1222)
Title:
Walls and entrance of the Fort at Hatta, Damoh District. Photographer: Cousens, Henry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Captioned and numbered in the negative.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1892-1894
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 1003(1223)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(1223)
Title:
Ruined temple at Kanoda, Damoh District. Photographer: Cousens, Henry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1892-1894
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 1003(1224)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(1224)
Title:
General view of Jain temples near the tank at Kundalpur, Damoh District. Photographer: Cousens, Henry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Captioned and numbered in the negative (caption faded). View looking across the tank towards some of the 50 or more Jain temples.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1892-1894
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 1003(1225)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(1225)
Title:
General view of ruined temple at Nohta, Damoh District. Photographer: Cousens, Henry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Cousens, Central Provinces list, p. 32: '13 miles south-east of Damoh. Judging from the number of sites of old temples, which are scattered in and around the village, Nohta must have been at one time a place of note. The only temple now standing is near the road...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1892-1894
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 1003(1226)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(1226)
Title:
Interior of temple looking towards linga shrine, Nohta, Damoh District. Photographer: Cousens, Henry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Captioned and numbered in the negative. View looking towards the elaborately sculptured entrance to the shrine, with the linga visible inside.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1892-1894
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 1003(1227)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(1227)
Title:
Colossal statue of a Jain tirthankara at Bahuriband, Jabalpur District. Photographer: Cousens, Henry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Captioned and numbered in the negative. The statue is 12 feet 2 inches high and is seen here with the lower portion recently excavated. Described ('a stiff, clumsy figure') in A. Cunningham, 'Report of a tour in the Central Provinces in 1873-74 and 1874-75' (A.S...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1892-1894
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 1003(1228)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(1228)
Title:
General view of statues in the colonnade of the Chaunsath Yogini Temple, Bheraghat, Jabalpur District. Photographer: Cousens, Henry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography The colonnade is described and the statues listed in A. Cunningham, 'Report of a tour in the Central Provinces in 1873-74 and 1874-75' (A.S.I. vol. IX, Calcutta, 1879), pp. 62-71. Bloch's list describes the subject as the Gauri Samkara Temple, but but this more ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1892-1894
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 1003(1235)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(1235)
Title:
Statues in the colonnade of the Chaunsath Yogini Temple, Bheraghat, Jabalpur District. Photographer: Cousens, Henry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Captioned and numbered in the negative. Close view of two statues (different from those seen in print 1234) in the colonnade. Figures corresponding to numbers 21-22 in Cunningham's list.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1892-1894
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 1003(1239)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(1239)
Title:
General view of the ruins of the temple known as Kamkandala's Palace, Bilhari, Jabalpur District. Photographer: Cousens, Henry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Captioned and numbered in the negative. Described in A. Cunningham, 'Report of a tour in the Central Provinces in 1873-74 and 1874-75' (A.S.I. vol. IX, Calcutta, 1879), pp. 36-37: 'The temple known as the 'Palace of Kam Kandala' is situated on the Patpara Pahar ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1892-1894
Extent:
1 item