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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 212 Material Type Photographs

161. Photo 212/4(34)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/4(34)
Title:
Tanjore Palace. Carvings on the north side of the quadrangle in front of the audience chamber. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Numbered '403' in the negative Genre: Architectural Photography View looking across the court towards the façade of part of the Nayaka Palace at Tanjore (Thanjavur), showing balcony windows supported on elaborately carved brackets, over a blind arcade. Lyon's 'Notes to accompany a...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1868
Extent:
1 item

162. Photo 212/4(35)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/4(35)
Title:
Tanjore Palace. The statue of the late Rajah in the audience chamber. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of View of John Flaxman's full-length statue of Raja Sivaji, in the audience hall of the Nayaka Palace at Tanjore (Thanjavur). Lyon's 'Notes to accompany a series of photographs prepared to illustrate the ancient architecture of Southern India' (Marion and Co., Lon...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1868
Extent:
1 item

163. Photo 212/4(36)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/4(36)
Title:
Tanjore Palace. Disused Council Chamber. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Numbered '405' in the negative. Genre: Architectural Photography View of the arched and heavily sculptured interior of the old council chamber in the Nayaka Palace at Tanjore (Thanjavur). Lyon's 'Notes to accompany a series of photographs prepared to illustrate the ancient archite...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1868
Extent:
1 item

164. Photo 212/4(37)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/4(37)
Title:
Tanjore Palace. Another view of the disused Council Chamber. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography A similar view to print 36, looking along the length of the vaulted audience hall of the Nayaka Palace at Tanjore (Thanjavur) and showing sculptural detail and wall paintings. Lyon's 'Notes to accompany a series of photographs prepared to illustrate the ancient ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1867-1868
Extent:
1 item

165. Photo 212/4(38)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/4(38)
Title:
Tanjore Palace. Curious pyramidal tower. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View from a courtyard looking towards the pyramidal superstructure rising above main residential block of the Nayaka Palace at Tanjore (Thanjavur). Lyon's 'Notes to accompany a series of photographs prepared to illustrate the ancient architecture of Southern Ind...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1868
Extent:
1 item

166. Photo 212/5

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/5
Title:
Lyon Collection: Photographs to Illustrate the Ancient Architecture of Southern India, by Captain Lyon. Nos. 408 to 450 [Vol. 5 of 7]. Photographer(s): Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Modern buckram-bound album measuring 520 x 455 mm, containing 44 albumen prints mounted one to a page on card leaves (recto only). The prints are laid down within a tinted border, the bottom of each bearing the legend, 'India by Captain Lyon.' The photographs are listed on the handwritten title-...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1868
Extent:
44 items

167. Photo 212/5(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/5(1)
Title:
Peroor Temple [Patteshvara Temple, Perur], near Coimbatore. Beautiful monolith outside the court. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the dipastambha of lamp column, of the temple. The column itself is mounted on an open-sided shrine supported on pillars at each corner. Lyon's 'Notes to cccompany a series of photographs prepared to illustrate the ancient architecture of Souther...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1868-1869
Extent:
1 item

168. Photo 212/5(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/5(2)
Title:
Peroor Temple [Patteshvara Temple, Perur], near Coimbatore. General view. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Numbered '409' in the negative. Genre: Architectural Photography View of carved pillars of the mandapa. Another copy of this print at Photo 1000 (3058). Lyon's 'Notes to cccompany a series of photographs prepared to illustrate the ancient architecture of Southern India' (Marion an...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1868-1869
Extent:
1 item

169. Photo 212/5(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/5(3)
Title:
Peroor Temple [Patteshvara Temple, Perur], near Coimbatore. Two carved pillars at entrance. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of a pillar, carved in the form of a rearing horse and rider. Lyon's 'Notes to acccompany a series of photographs prepared to illustrate the ancient architecture of Southern India' (Marion and Co., London, 1870), edited by James Fergusson, gives the f...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1868-1869
Extent:
1 item

170. Photo 212/5(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/5(4)
Title:
[Patteshvara Temple, Perur, near Coimbatore. Two carved pillars at entrance.] Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography A similar view to Print 3, showing a column sculptured in the form of a rearing horse and rider.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1868-1869
Extent:
1 item