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040-003048491 Material Type Photographs

1. Photo 125/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 125/1
Title:
Sir Richard Carnac Temple Collection: Views of monuments in India. Photographer(s): Gill, Robert
Scope & Content:
Collection of loose prints some of which are mounted. The majority have either contemporary or modern captions, or a combination of both. The photographs mostly depict temples and tombs in Bihar and Bengal and at Nasik and Ajanta. Prints 1-10 which show views of Nasik carry a covering letter whi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s-1880s
Extent:
133 items

2. Photo 125/1(123)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 125/1(123)
Title:
Ruined gateway, Parrua [Pandua]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Photograph of a ruined gateway at Pandua. This photograph was taken by an unknown photographer in the 1870s and is part of the collection of Sir Richard Carnac Temple. The gateway was said to have been built to commemorate the saint Nur Qutb Alam, a local Muslim saint who died in 1415 and whose ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 125/1(128)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 125/1(128)
Title:
Ruins of Nugger [Rajnagar], Beerbhum. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Photograph of the ruins of Rajnagar in Birbhum. This photograph of a ruined mosque was taken by an unknown photographer in the 1870s and forms part of the Temple Collection. Rajnagar was the capital of the Hindu and Pathan Rajas of Birbhum prior to and following the Muslim conquest in the 13th c...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 125/1(132)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 125/1(132)
Title:
Hindu temple, Hetimpur, Beerbhum. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Photograph of a Hindu temple situated in Hetimpur from the Temple collection of photographs; it was taken by an unknown photographer in the 1870s. This view shows a Hindu temple at Hetimpur which is a small town in the south-eastern part of Birbhum, West Bengal.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 125/1(68)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 125/1(68)
Title:
Colossal figures at Kispa, Gya. Photographer: Peppé, Thomas Fraser
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Duplicate of India Office Series, Photo 1000/28(2801). Sculpture depicts Visnu sitting on the shoulders of Garuda. This is 'No 61' in Peppé's list of descriptions which was forwarded with the prints to the Government of India. See Letter No 98, Public Dept., Apr...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 125/1(126)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 125/1(126)
Title:
Hossainabad village, Beerbhum. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Photograph of Hossainabad village in Birhbhum. Taken by an unknown photographer in 1870, this print is part of the collection of Sir Richard Carnac Temple. This presents a general view taken in a village situated in the Birhbhum District of West Bengal.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 125/1(129)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 125/1(129)
Title:
Ruins of Nugger [Rajnagar], Beerbhum. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Photograph of the ruins of Nugger in Birbhum taken by an unknown photographer in the 1870s and forming part of the Temple Collection. Rajnagar was the capital of the Hindu and Pathan Rajas of Birbhum prior to and following the Muslim conquest in the 13th century. It was an important seat of the ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 125/1(82)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 125/1(82)
Title:
Ruined temple at Oomga, Gya. Photographer: Peppé, Thomas Fraser
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Duplicate of India Office Series, Photo 1000/28(2829). This is 'No 89' in Peppé's list of descriptions which was forwarded with the prints to the Government of India. See Letter No 98, Public Dept., April 1871 (copy kept in Prints, Drawings & Photographs sec...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 125/1(125)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 125/1(125)
Title:
Dubrajpur rocks, Beerbhum. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
This photograph was taken by an unknown photographer in the 1870s and forms part of the Temple Collection. The rocks are situated south of the village of Dubrajpur in the Birbhum District, Bengal. They are huge picturesque outcrops of granite and gneiss (composed of glassy quartz, pink and grey ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 125/1(69)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 125/1(69)
Title:
Sculptured plinth of pillar, Kispa, Gya. Photographer: Peppé, Thomas Fraser
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Duplicate of India Office Series, Photo 1000/28(2802). This is 'No 62' in Peppé's list of descriptions which was forwarded with the prints to the Government of India. See Letter No 98, Public Dept., April 1871 (copy kept in Prints, Drawings & Photographs sec...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870
Extent:
1 item