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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 1002 Material Type Photographs

931. Photo 1002/16(834)

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Photo 1002/16(834)
Title:
Carved pillar in an open field at Tunka, Jhansi District. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography No information supplied. Subjects = Archaeological Survey of India Collections; Archaeological Survey of India Collections (Indian Museum Series); lats Location = India; Tunka; Uttar Pradesh
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s-1890s
Extent:
1 item

932. Photo 1002/16(835)

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Photo 1002/16(835)
Title:
Front view of sculpture of female figures beneath a tree, Kota, Mathura District Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Fragment of sculpture from a Buddhist railing pillar. Reproduced as a lithograph in A. Cunningham, Report of a tour in Eastern Rajputana in 1882-83 (A.S.I. vol. XX, Calcutta, 1885), pl. iii, and described p. 50. Subjects = Archaeological Survey of India Collec...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s-1890s
Extent:
1 item

933. Photo 1002/16(836)

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Photo 1002/16(836)
Title:
Rear view of sculpture of female figures beneath a tree, Kota, Mathura District Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Fragment of sculpture from a Buddhist railing pillar. Reproduced as a lithograph in A. Cunningham, Report of a tour in Eastern Rajputana in 1882-83 (A.S.I. vol. XX, Calcutta, 1885), pl. iii, and described p. 50. Subjects = Archaeological Survey of India Collec...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s-1890s
Extent:
1 item

934. Photo 1002/16(837)

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Photo 1002/16(837)
Title:
Inscribed elephant capital from Kankali Tila, at Mathura. Photographer: Caney, W.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Photograph of the capital, excavated by Cunningham in 1871, showing the inscription from the reign of the Kushan King Huvishka on the base. The head of the elephant has been broken off. Described in A. Cunningham, Report for the year 1871-72 (A.S.I. vol. III, Ca...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1872
Extent:
1 item

935. Photo 1002/16(838)

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Photo 1002/16(838)
Title:
Close view of capital with four winged animals with human heads, from Cahubara mound, Mathura. Photographer: Caney, W.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of the capital, laid on a pallet. Excavated by Cunningham and described in A. Cunningham, Report for the year 1871-72 (A.S.I. vol. III, Calcutta, 1873), p. 18. pl. iii is a lithograph clearly based on this photograph. Now in the Indian Museum, Calcutt...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1872
Extent:
1 item

936. Photo 1002/16(839)

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Photo 1002/16(839)
Title:
Five railing pillars, with dancing girls standing on dwarves, Mathura. Photographer: Caney, W.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Photograph of the five pillars, finely carved in deep relief, standing side by side in a garden. These were discovered in the neighbourhood, though not excavated, by Cunningham during his excavations of 1871-2. See A. Cunningham, Report for the year 1871-72 (A.S...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1872
Extent:
1 item

937. Photo 1002/16(840)

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Photo 1002/16(840)
Title:
Sculpture fragments from Mathura. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Group of sculpture of female figures at the museum at Mathura. Described in A. Cunningham, Report of a tour in Eastern Rajputana in 1882-83 (A.S.I. vol. XX, Calcutta, 1885), p. 34: 'The sculptures exhumed have been collected together in a small local museum,whic...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880
Extent:
1 item

938. Photo 1002/16(841)

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Photo 1002/16(841)
Title:
Sculpture fragments from Mathura. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography References to print 840 apply. Subjects = Archaeological Survey of India Collections; Archaeological Survey of India Collections (Indian Museum Series); Indian sculpture; Indian sculpture (Buddhist) Location = India; Mathura; Muttra; Uttar Pradesh
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880
Extent:
1 item

939. Photo 1002/16(842)

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Photo 1002/16(842)
Title:
Statue of a man and lion, Mathura. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Assumed by Cunningham to be Hercules strangling the Nemaean lion and described in A. Cunningham, Report of a tour in the Central Provinces and Lower Gangetic Doab in 1881-82 (A.S.I. vol. XVII, Calcutta, 1884), pp. 109-10. The left half of pl. xxx appears to be based on this photograph. The piece...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880s
Extent:
1 item

940. Photo 1002/16(843)

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Photo 1002/16(843)
Title:
Miscellaneous sculptures from Mathura. Photographer: Smith, Edmund William
Scope & Content:
Group of Kushan period sculptures - statues, railing pillar fragments, etc. - from Mathura, now in the Lucknow Museum. Subjects = Archaeological Survey of India Collections; Archaeological Survey of India Collections (Indian Museum Series); Indian sculpture; Indian sculpture (Buddhist) Locat...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s-1890s
Extent:
1 item

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