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Subject Vishnu Images Level [40] File

31. Photo 1003(1329)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(1329)
Title:
Close view of sculptures (Narasimha and Kalki-avatara) in the pillared hall, Pathari, Bhopal State. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Various sculptures, including the two described in print 1328. Narasimha (Vishnu as man-lion to destroy Hiranyakashipu) at left.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1871-1872
Extent:
1 item

32. Photo 1003(1330)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(1330)
Title:
Close view of sculptures (Varaha, Kurma and Kalki-avatara) in the pillared hall, Pathari, Bhopal State. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Kurma (Vishnu as tortoise) at right (negative damaged in this portion of print), Varaha (Vishnu as boar) at left, Kalki (future incarnation of Vishnu, on horseback).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1871-1872
Extent:
1 item

33. Photo 1003(1370)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(1370)
Title:
Rock sculpture of Vishnu as Varaha rescuing Bhudevi, Cave Temple 5, Udayagiri, Madhya Pradesh. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Reproduced as a lithograph in Alexander Cunningham, 'Report of tours in Bundelkhand and Malwa in 1874-75 and 1876-77' (A.S.I. vol. X, Calcutta, 1880), pl. xviii, and described p. 48. Cunningham lists this as Cave 4, George Michell ('The Penguin guide to the monu...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

34. Photo 1003(1371)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(1371)
Title:
Rock sculpture of Vishnu as Varaha rescuing Bhudevi, Cave Temple V, Udayagiri, Madhya Pradesh. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of the sculpture from the left.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

35. Photo 1175(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1175(8)
Title:
Khajuraha — Colossal image of Varaha in Varaha Temple. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Postcard view, published by the Medici Society, London, of the large sculpture of Vishnu as Varaha, the body covered with miniature figures, in the Varaha Temple (western group).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920s
Extent:
1 item