Subject: Islamic Architecture / Material Type: Photographs - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1000/31(3198)
Title:: General view of the Gagan Mahal, Bijapur. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards the triple-arched façade of the audience hall, seen here in ruinous condition. India Museum no. 1440. Received from Captain Lyon, 7 February 1871. Duplicate print at Photo 1001 (3198). 549. - Close to the Harem represented in No. 548 is the...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: Unspecified
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1000/31(3199)
Title:: General view of the unfinished Tomb of Ali Adil Shah Kulan, Bijapur. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography India Museum no. 1441. Received from Captain Lyon, 7 February 1871. 550. - At a short distance from the citadel in a N. N. Westerly direction, stands the tomb of Ali-Adil Shah here shown. It is, as may seen, a ruin of large Gothic arches raised on a terrace mor...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
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Date Range:: Unspecified
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1000/31(3209)
Title:: Rani Sipri's Mosque & Tomb [from the south-east] Ahmadabad. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards south façade of the tomb, with the mosque (partially concealed by wall in foreground) at the left. India Museum no. 1451. Received from Captain Lyon 7 February 1871. Duplicate print at Photo 1001 (3209). 560. - The railway is outside the wa...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1869
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1000/31(3210)
Title:: Close view of carved work on Rani Sipri's Tomb, Ahmadabad. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of pierced stone windows and carved work on wall beneath. India Museum no. 1452. Received from Captain Lyon 7 February 1871. 561. - Shows in detail the outside of the tomb of the Ranee or Queen, who was the wife of the Sultan, the founder of the city...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1869
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1000/31(3211)
Title:: Close view of base of minaret at south end of Rani Sipri's Mosque, Ahmadabad. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography Showing rich carved work at base of minaret, with balcony window on south elevation of the mosque in the background. India Museum no. 1454. Received from Captain Lyon 7 February 1871. Duplicate print at Photo 1001 (3211). 563. - Gives more in detail the carving...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1869
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1000/31(3212)
Title:: View from the south-west of Rani Sipri's Mosque and Tomb, Ahmadabad. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography View from the road looking towards the south elevation of the mosque, with the dome of the tomb visible in the right background. India Museum no. 1455. Received from Captain Lyon 7 February 1871. Duplicate print at Photo 1001 (3212). 564. - Gives a more general...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1869
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1000/31(3213)
Title:: Tombs of the Queens, Ahmadabad. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the tombs of the Queens of Ahmad Shah. India Museum no. 1456. Received from Captain Lyon 7 February 1871. Duplicate print at Photo 1001 (3213). 565. - Leaving the Ranee Seepree mosque the visitor on continuing his way towards the city passing on...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1869
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1000/31(3214)
Title:: Close view of carved stone door in the colonnade of the Rani Hajira or Tombs of the Queens, Ahmadabad. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography One of the four stone doors in the colonnade enclosing the Tombs of the Queens. India Museum no. 1457. Received from Captain Lyon 7 February 1871. 566 and 567. - At each of the corners of the colonnade which surrounds the Quadrangle of the Ranee Hazeera enclosu...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
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Date Range:: 1869
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1000/31(3215)
Title:: Close view of carved stone door in the colonnade of the Rani Hajira or Tombs of the Queens, Ahmadabad. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography Another of the stone doors in the colonnade of the Tombs of the Queens. India Museum no. 1458. Received from Captain Lyon 7 February 1871. Duplicate print at Photo 212/7 (38). 566 and 567. - At each of the corners of the colonnade which surrounds the Quadrangle...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1869
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1000/31(3216)
Title:: Close view of pierced stone window in the colonnade of the Rani Hajira or Tombs of the Queens, Ahmadabad. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography 568 and 569. - Show two of the many windows, which grace the colonnade surrounding this mausoleum. Under No. 568 may be seen some of the broken slabs of white marble which have been allowed to fall from the tombs in the Quadrangle. The effect of these windows i...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1869
Extent:: 1 item

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