Outer gateway of the Kali Masjid or Black Mosque at Lakshmeshwar. Photographer: Biggs, Thomas
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Genre: Architectural Photography Numbered '9' in pencil in top right-hand corner of print. General view of the exterior of the mosque. Published as plate 74 of Taylor and Fergusson, Architecture at Beejapoor (London, 1866), where it is incorrectly identified as Mosque of Musaood Khan, at Adoni....
General view of the Kalyana Mandapa of the Vitthala Temple, Vijayanagara. Photographer: Pigou, William Henry
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Genre: Architectural Photography Numbered '6' in pencil in top right-hand corner of print. Reproduced as plate 63 of Taylor and Fergusson, 'Architecture in Dharwar and Mysore' (London, 1866). Another copy, cropped and slightly reduced, at Photo 1000 (1016).
General view of the triple-shrined temples on Hemakuta Hill and ruins at Vijayanagara. Photographer: Pigou, William Henry
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Genre: Architectural Photography Numbered '5' in pencil in top right-hand corner of print. Reproduced as plate 80 of Taylor and Fergusson, 'Architecture in Dharwar and Mysore' (London, 1866), looking down onto the group of Jain temples, with a gopura of the Virupaksha Temple visible beyond. Ano...
Doorway of detached pavilion belonging to the Tarakeshvara Temple, Hangal. Photographer: Pigou, William Henry
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Genre: Architectural Photography View of partially buried doorway, showing richly-carved surrounds. Pl. 43 of Taylor and Fergusson, 'Architecture in Dharwar and Mysore' (London, 1866). See also Photo 1000 (1011). A variant copy of this print, tightly cropped to exclude background, is at Photo 1...
Monolithic figure of Ganesha on the road to Hampi, Vijayanagara. Photographer: Pigou, William Henry
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Genre: Architectural Photography Numbered '23' in pencil on the reverse. Sasivakallu Ganesha Statue. A cropped version of this print at Photo 1000 (1008).