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040-003133617 Material Type Photographs

21. Photo 1002/1(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1002/1(3)
Title:
Temple at Chinpur, Bankura District. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Numbered '5.B' in the negative Genre: Architectural Photography View of shikara, in dilapidated state. See J. D. Beglar,' Report of a tour through the Bengal provinces...' (A.S.I. Vol. VIII, Calcutta, 1878), pp. 203: 'a solitary laterite temple, but of no ancient date.' Also desc...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

22. Photo 1002/1(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1002/1(8)
Title:
Mausoleum of Ibrahim Husain Khan, Bhagalpur. Photographer: Garrick, Henry Baily Wade
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography A poor quality view of the tomb, rather dark. Described in 'List of Ancient Monuments in Bengal. Revised and corrected up to 31st August 1895' (Calcutta, 1896), pp. 422-23: 'This is a very pretty monument, built about 200 years ago by one Ibrahim Hussein Khan....
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

23. Photo 1002/1(41)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1002/1(41)
Title:
Statue of Avalokiteshvara, Udayagiri Hills, Cuttack. Photographer: Cornish, William Henry
Scope & Content:
See R. L. Mitra, 'The Antiquities of Orissa' (2 vols, Calcutta, 1875-80), vol. II, p. 161 and pl. lix.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

24. Photo 1002/1(43)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1002/1(43)
Title:
Statue of Avalokiteshvara, Udayagiri Hills, Cuttack. Photographer: Cornish, William Henry
Scope & Content:
A different Bodhisattva sculpture from that seen in print 41.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

25. Photo 1002/1(50)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1002/1(50)
Title:
The Mahabodhi Temple at Bodh Gaya, during restoration. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Photograph from the same viewpoint as print 49, showing the east façade of the temple under restoration and swathed in scaffolding. Repairs and restoration of the temple were undertaken by J. D. Beglar, an appointment authorised by Sir Ashley Eden, Lieutenant-Go...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880
Extent:
1 item

26. Photo 1002/1(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1002/1(9)
Title:
Rock with temple in the Ganges at Jangira, Bhagalpur District [Jahnumuni Temple, Jahangira]. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Slightly distant view of the temple in mid-stream. Described in 'List of Ancient Monuments in Bengal. Revised and corrected up to 31st August 1895' (Calcutta, 1896), pp. 420-421: 'The temple of Jahnumuni is on the highest point of a rocky island in the Ganges....
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1879-1880
Extent:
1 item

27. Photo 1002/1(22)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1002/1(22)
Title:
Close view of the gateway of the courtyard of the temples, Kalyanesvari, Burdwan District. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Described in 'List of Ancient Monuments in Bengal. Revised and corrected up to 31st August 1895' (Calcutta, 1896), pp. 8-9: 'These are temples of no great date, but curious. Tradition says that a Rohni Deoghar Brahmana once saw a jewelled arm rise out of the wa...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1872-1873
Extent:
1 item

28. Photo 1002/1(33)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1002/1(33)
Title:
The mouth of the Hathpur (or Hathipol) Tunnel, Ramgarh, Chota Nagpur. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography See 'List of Ancient Monuments in Bengal. Revised and corrected up to 31st August 1895' (Calcutta, 1896), pp. 568-569: 'Probably a natural fissure through which a small rivulet has worn a passage.' See also J. D. Beglar, 'Report of Tours in the South-Eastern Provin...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1874-1875
Extent:
1 item

29. Photo 1002/1(34)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1002/1(34)
Title:
Entrance to the Sita Bangira (Sitabenga) Cave, Ramgarh, Chota Nagpur. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography See 'List of Ancient Monuments in Bengal. Revised and corrected up to 31st August 1895' (Calcutta, 1896), pp. 568-569: 'A large cavern high up in the rocks, 45 feet deep and six feet high at the entrance ... The cave is approached from below by semi-circular steps a...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1874-1875
Extent:
1 item

30. Photo 1002/1(47)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1002/1(47)
Title:
General view of Barabar and Neurali lines from ridge of caves, Barabar Hills. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Numbered '147C' in the negative Genre: Landscape Photography View of the rocky landscape.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1872-1873
Extent:
1 item