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1. Photo 212

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212
Title:
Photographs to Illustrate the Ancient Architecture of Southern India (in 7 volumes). Photographer(s): Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Collection of architectural photographs of Southern India in seven volumes, commissioned by the Government of Madras in 1867. The photographs are also included in the India Office Series (Photo 1000), and the original negatives for most are also held in the British Library Collections.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1867-1868
Extent:
Unspecified

2. Photo 212/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/1
Title:
Lyon Collection: Photographs to Illustrate the Ancient Architecture of Southern India, by Captain Lyon. [Vol 1 of 7]. Photographer(s): Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Modern buckram-bound album measuring 520 x 455 mm, containing 41 albumen print views of architecture at Trichinopoly, Shrirangam and Madurai. The prints are mounted on card, within a tinted border with the printed legend, 'India by Captain Lyon.' A letterpress caption label, with Lyon's assigned...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1867-1868
Extent:
41 items

3. Photo 212/1(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/1(1)
Title:
The Rock of Trichinopoly. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards the temples on the rock at Trichinopoly. Lyon's 'Notes to accompany a series of photographs prepared to illustrate the ancient architecture of southern India' (Marion and Co., London, 1870), edited by James Fergusson, gives the following des...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1867-1868
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 212/1(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/1(2)
Title:
Seringham Pagoda near Trichinopoly. The South Entrance. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking northwards towards the unfinished gateway to the Ranganatha Temple at Srirangam, with a further gopura visible through the opening. The gopura is unfinished, with only the base constructed: it was only finally completed in 1987 and is today one of t...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1867-1868
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 212/1(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/1(3)
Title:
Seringham Pagoda near Trichinopoly. General View. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view looking towards the Ranganatha Temple complex at Srirangam, with the gopuras rising above the surrounding rooftops. Lyon's 'Notes to accompany a series of photographs prepared to illustrate the ancient architecture of southern India' (Marion and Co....
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1867-1868
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 212/1(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/1(4)
Title:
Seringham Pagoda near Trichinopoly. Pyramidal gateway at south entrance to Second Court. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view looking along the roadway towards the ornately-carved gopura of the Ranganatha Temple at Srirangam. Lyon's 'Notes to accompany a series of photographs prepared to illustrate the ancient architecture of southern India' (Marion and Co., London, 1870),...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1867-1868
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 212/1(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/1(5)
Title:
Seringham Pagoda near Trichinopoly. Gateway at entrance to Fifth Court. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the ornately-carved gopura of the Ranganatha Temple at Srirangam. Lyon's 'Notes to accompany a series of photographs prepared to illustrate the ancient architecture of southern India' (Marion and Co., London, 1870), edited by James Fergusson, giv...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1867-1868
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 212/1(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/1(6)
Title:
Seringham Pagoda near Trichinopoly. The Horse Court. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Close-up view of the sculptured columns of rearing horses and other figures, in the Sheshagirirayar Mandapa in the Ranganatha Temple at Srirangam. Lyon's 'Notes to accompany a series of photographs prepared to illustrate the ancient architecture of southern Indi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1867-1868
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 212/1(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/1(7)
Title:
Seringham Pagoda near Trichinopoly. The Horse Court. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Another view of carved pillars of rearing horses and horsemen in the Sheshagirirayar Mandapa of the Ranganatha Temple. Lyon's 'Notes to accompany a series of photographs prepared to illustrate the ancient architecture of southern India' (Marion and Co., London, ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1867-1868
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 212/1(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/1(8)
Title:
Seringham Pagoda near Trichinopoly. The Hall of One Thousand Columns. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view looking along the façade of the Thousand Columned Mandapa of the Ranganagtha Temple at Srirangam. Lyon's 'Notes to accompany a series of photographs prepared to illustrate the ancient architecture of southern India' (Marion and Co., London, 1870), e...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1867-1868
Extent:
1 item