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032-003298859 Material Type Photographs

1. Photo 978

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 978
Title:
Gaur: its ruins and inscriptions. By the late John Henry Ravenshaw, B.C.S. Edited, with considerable additions and alterations, by his widow. Photographer(s): Ravenshaw, John Henry
Scope & Content:
Imprint: London: C. Kegan Paul & Co., 1, Paternoster Square. 1878. Folio, half-leather, brown buckram boards (bound 1984), measuring 352 x 262 mm; edges gilt; pp. xii, 102; containing 45 Woodburytype prints of buildings at Gaur, Old Malda and Pandua, mounted one to a page, recto only, on t...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
46 items

2. Photo 978(30b)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 978(30b)
Title:
Panduah. Sculptured figure. Photographer: Ravenshaw, John Henry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of sculptured architectural fragment: 'A curious sculptured figure in black hornblende, bearing somewhat the appearance of a Hindu god, lies apart from any ruin to which it could possibly have belonged.' [Woodburytype, 168x102mm]. Subjects = Indian...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 978(30a)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 978(30a)
Title:
Panduah. Stone capital. Photographer: Ravenshaw, John Henry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of stone capital lying on the ground: 'The interior of the residence of Nur Qutb Alam is in ruin, but contains several marble blocks, one of which, apparently the capital of a column, is six feet nine inches in diameter, and three feet six inches thic...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 978(31)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 978(31)
Title:
Panduah. Carved lintels. Photographer: Ravenshaw, John Henry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of carved pillars on ground. See note at print 30a. [Woodburytype, 176x177mm]. Subjects = Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Islamic); Indian sculpture; printed books; Ravenshaw, J.H., 'Gaur: its ruins and inscriptions' (1878); Woodburytypes...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 978(36)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 978(36)
Title:
Panduah. Ground Plan of Adinah Mosque [non-photographic].
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Ground plan of mosque. Subjects = architectural drawings; Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Islamic); mosques; non-photographic material; printed books; Ravenshaw, J.H., 'Gaur: its ruins and inscriptions' (1878) Location = India; Pandua (Maldah); Wes...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 978(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 978(4)
Title:
Gaur. Sadulpur Ghat. Photographer: Ravenshaw, John Henry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking across the Bhagirathi River towards the ghat, crowded with people on its stone steps. 'At a little more than a mile from the mosque, a bye path leads to the Bhagirathi River at Sadulapur Ghat, a place of peculiar sanctity to the Hindus. Throughut th...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 978(34)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 978(34)
Title:
Panduah. Eklakhi Mosque [Eklakhi Tomb]. Photographer: Ravenshaw, John Henry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards the decorative brick façade of the tomb; the dome is largely concealed by vegetation. 'Proceeding a short distance further on the road, we come upon the tomb of Sultan Ghiyauddin, known as the Eklakhi Mosque, and built of embossed bricks and...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 978(1a)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 978(1a)
Title:
Gaur. Sagar Dighi. Photographer: Ravenshaw, John Henry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking across the massive tank. [Woodburytype, 241x185mm]. Subjects = printed books; Ravenshaw, J.H., 'Gaur: its ruins and inscriptions' (1878); tanks; water supplies; Woodburytypes
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 978(39)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 978(39)
Title:
Panduah. Transept - Adinah Mosque. Photographer: Ravenshaw, John Henry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of mosque interior: That part of the mosque which has been designated as the transept is in a very dilapidated state. The roof has fallen in, but its height must have been eighty feet, and a large tree which has sprung up on one side spreads its branches fa...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 978(23)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 978(23)
Title:
Gaur. Ornamental bricks. Photographer: Ravenshaw, John Henry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of five pieces of decorative brickwork mounted on a wooden panel: 'These specimens, so frequently mentioned in the foregoing pages as embossed bricks, will give a fair idea of the exterior ornamentation on most of the Gaur buildings. By a close examin...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item