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040-003056699 Material Type Photographs

1. 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

2. Photo 212/5(20)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/5(20)
Title:
Mahavellipore, near Madras. The stone bull. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of the carved stone bull in the Krishna Mandapa. Lyon's 'Notes to accompany a series of photographs prepared to illustrate the ancient architecture of Southern India' (Marion and Co., London, 1870), edited by James Fergusson, gives the following descr...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1868-1869
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 212/5(35)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/5(35)
Title:
Mahavellipore, near Madras. The cracked monolith [Bhima Ratha]. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Side view of the Bhima Ratha. Another copy of this print at Photo 1000 (3089). Lyon's 'Notes to accompany aseries of photographs prepared to illustrate the ancient architecture of Southern India' (Marion and Co., London, 1870), edited by James Fergusson, gives t...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1868-1869
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 212/5(37)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/5(37)
Title:
Mahavellipore, near Madras. The fourth monolith [Dharmaraja Ratha]. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of the Dharmaraja Ratha. Another copy of this print at Photo 1000 (3091). Lyon's 'Notes to accompany a series of photographs prepared to illustrate the ancient architecture of Southern India' (Marion and Co., London, 1870), edited by James Fergusson, ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1868-1869
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 212/5(30)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/5(30)
Title:
Mahavellipore, near Madras. General view of granite rocks. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view looking towards the rock outcrop dotted with cave temples. On the summit of the rocks stands the Olakkanatha Temple, with the entrance to the Mahishamardini Cave directly beneath. Another copy of this print at Photo 1000 (3084). Lyon's 'Notes to acc...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1868-1869
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 212/5(31)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/5(31)
Title:
Mahavellipore, near Madras. Temple on the sea-shore. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of two vimanas (sanctuary towers) of the Shore Temple at Mamallapuram. Another copy of this print at Photo 1000 (3085). Lyon's 'Notes to accompany a series of photographs prepared to illustrate the ancient architecture of Southern India' (Marion and C...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1868-1869
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 212/5(34)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/5(34)
Title:
Mahavellipore, near Madras. The first and second monolith [Draupadi and Arjuna Rathas]. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of the Draupadi and Arjuna Rathas from the south-east. Lyon's 'Notes to accompany aseries of photographs prepared to illustrate the ancient architecture of Southern India' (Marion and Co., London, 1870), edited by James Fergusson, gives the following ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1868-1869
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 212/5(36)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/5(36)
Title:
Mahavellipore, near Madras. Another view of the cracked monolith [Bhima Ratha]. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of the Bhima Ratha from the south-west. Another copy of this print at Photo 1000 (3090). Lyon's 'Notes to accompany aseries of photographs prepared to illustrate the ancient architecture of Southern India' (Marion and Co., London, 1870), edited by James Fer...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1868-1869
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 212/5(42)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/5(42)
Title:
Views in Mysore. The Deria Dowlut in Seringapatam. The corridor. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Interior of the verandah of the summer palace, showing richly inlaid walls. Another copy of this print at Photo 1000 (3096). Lyon's 'Notes to accompany a series of photographs prepared to illustrate the ancient architecture of Southern India' (Marion and Co., Lo...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1868-1869
Extent:
1 item

10. 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