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Subject Architectural Elements Level [40] File

1771. Photo 20(26)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 20(26)
Title:
Interior of middle court—Tongsa Jong [?or Byakar Dzong, Bhutan]. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking down onto and along a narrow paved courtyard, with balconies rising on both sides. The caption appears to be incorrect, and White's own caption for this print in The National Geographic Magazine (Apr 1914, p. 437), identifies it as Sir Ugyen Penlop'...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1905
Extent:
1 item

1772. Photo 20(29)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 20(29)
Title:
Musicians of Tongsa Penlop [Bhutan]. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Group of musicians and dancers gathered in the same courtyard seen in the preceding print. The photograph was also used in The National Geographic Magazine (Apr 1914, p. 435), with the following caption: 'The King's singing girls. We were entertained ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1905
Extent:
1 item

1773. Photo 20(30)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 20(30)
Title:
Lamas' quarters—Tongsa Jong [?or Byakar Dzong, Bhutan]. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking across a paved courtyard towards two sides of the two-storeyed wooden building. The caption as given appears to be incorrect. The photograph also appears in The National Geographic Magazine (Apr 1914, p. 446), with the following caption: 'Interior o...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1905
Extent:
1 item

1774. Photo 20(32)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 20(32)
Title:
Interior of Kuje-Lhakhang: with hole supposed to have been caused by the reclining of the first Guru Rimpoche [near Jakar, Bhutan]. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of altar in Kuje-Lhakhang Monastery, with Buddha images and other religious objects.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1905
Extent:
1 item

1775. Photo 27(46)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 27(46)
Title:
100 pillar Muntapum nearer Conjiveram. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

1776. Photo 29(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 29(10)
Title:
Government House with the Eastern Gateway [Calcutta]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne 1707 in the negative. View from Esplanade Row and Government Place, looking towards Government House, with the east gate (an archway flanked by twin Doric columns and surmounted by a lion) in the foreground.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1867
Extent:
1 item

1777. Photo 35(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 35(2)
Title:
[Gateway of the Taj Mahal, Agra.] Photographer: Murray, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of the facade and side with Murray's carriage outside. Original waxed calotype negative and modern contact print.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1858
Extent:
1 item

1778. Photo 35(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 35(9)
Title:
[Facade of the main gateway, Taj Mahal, Agra.] Photographer: Murray, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Original waxed calotype negative and modern contact print.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1858
Extent:
1 item

1779. Photo 35(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 35(10)
Title:
[View of the main gateway of the Taj Mahal from the garden, Agra.] Photographer: Murray, John
Scope & Content:
Contemporary albumen print made from original negative (dated in blue pencil 22 Jan '64). With modern contact print.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
22 Jan 1864
Extent:
1 item

1780. Photo 35(17)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 35(17)
Title:
[View of a chhatri on the roof of the Taj Mahal, Agra.] Photographer: Murray, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Original waxed calotype negative and modern contact print. Stored separately in Print Room planchest drawer 6B. Exhibited in 'India Through the Lens', Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Washington, December 2000 to March 2001. Exhibited in 'India: Pioneering Photogra...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1858
Extent:
1 item