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Subject Architectural Elements Level [40] File

1751. Photo 11(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(9)
Title:
The great Pagoda, Tanjore, from the ramparts. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Photograph of the Great Pagoda of the Brihadishvara Temple at Tanjore, taken by Samuel Bourne in 1869. View looking towards the sanctuary tower of the Brihadishvara Temple at Tanjore (Thanjavur).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

1752. Photo 11(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(10)
Title:
The great Pagoda at Tanjore with corridor on the northern side. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Photograph of the Great Pagoda of the Brihadishvara Temple at Tanjore, taken by Samuel Bourne in 1869. The Brihadishvara Temple built by the Chola king Rajaraja around 1010, is a monumental temple standing in the middle of a large courtyard surrounded by smaller shrines.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

1753. Photo 11(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(12)
Title:
The inner gopuram, Tanjore, from the interior of the quadrangle. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Photograph of the inner gopuram in the Brihadishvara Temple at Tanjore, taken by Samuel Bourne in 1869. The Brihadishvara Temple built by the Chola king Rajaraja around 1010, is a monumental temple standing in the middle of a large courtyard surrounded by smaller shrines. To the east of the temp...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

1754. 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

1755. Photo 11(33)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(33)
Title:
General view of the Seringham Pagodas from the top of gateway. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
View taken from the top of the (at this time) unfinished southern gopura of the Ranganatha Temple at Srirangam, looking northwards along the main axis of the temple complex, towards the gopuras leading to the central Ranganatha Shrine. For another view, taken by E. D. Lyon a year or so earlier f...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

1756. Photo 11(34)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(34)
Title:
Two pagodas from top of the thousand pillared hall, Trichinopoly [Srirangam]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
View looking across the rooftops of foreground houses towards two of the massive gopura of the Ranganatha Temple at Srirangam, taken by Samuel Bourne in 1869.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

1757. Photo 11(35)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(35)
Title:
Mundapum, with facade of carved stone horses [at Srirangam]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
View looking along the façade of the great horse mandapa (Sheshagirirayar Mandapa) in the Ranganatha Temple complex at Srirangam, with two Indian figures posed in the foreground, taken by Samuel Bourne in 1869. This view shows part of the Ranganatha Temple, a sacred Vaishnava complex situated on...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

1758. 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

1759. 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

1760. Photo 11(57)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(57)
Title:
The Great Gate at Futtypore Sikree near Agra. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne 1263 in the negative. View looking up towards the Buland Darwaza, the gateway of the Jami Masjid at Fatehpur Sikri.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item