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11. Photo 1000/32(3243)

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Photo 1000/32(3243)
Title:
Entrance gate of the Swami Narayan Temple, Ahmadabad. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of triple-arched gateway (two side arches bricked up), with temple mandapa visible beyond. India Museum no. 1486. Received from Captain Lyon 7 February 1871. Duplicate print at Photo 1001 (3243). 595. - Returning into the town the next visit should...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
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Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

12. Photo 1000/32(3244)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/32(3244)
Title:
General view of the Swami Narayan Temple, Ahmadabad. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Mandapa in foreground, with sanctuary towers beyond. A mound of masonry and timber stands in the foreground. India Museum no. 1487. Received from Captain Lyon 7 February 1871. Duplicate print at Photo 1001 (3244). And variant print at Photo 1001 (3244a). 596. ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
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Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

13. Photo 1000/32(3245)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/32(3245)
Title:
Marble pavilion in the enclosure of the Swami Narayan Temple, Ahmadabad. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Chhatri or pavilion, with brackets in the form of carved figures. India Museum no. 1488. Received from Captain Lyon 7 February 1871. Duplicate print at Photo 1001 (3245), where the structure is named as the 'Stone bird chattri'. 597. - This little shrine is bui...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
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Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

14. Photo 1000/32(3246)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/32(3246)
Title:
General view of Shaikh Hasan Muhammad Chishti's Mosque, Shahpur, Ahmadabad. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view from the south-east looking towards the two-storied façade, flanked by truncated minarets. Reproduced in collotype in James Burgess, 'The Muhammadan architecture of Ahmadabad' (Archaeological Survey of Western India, vol. 8, London, 1905), pl. 45. I...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
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Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

15. Photo 1000/32(3247)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/32(3247)
Title:
Close view of Shaikh Hasan Muhammad Chishti's Mosque, Shahpur, Ahmadabad. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Close view from the south-east looking along the screen on arches of the east elevation, with the base of the south minaret in the foreground. The photograph is evidently composed to highlight the rich carved work on the minaret. India Museum no. 1490. Received ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

16. Photo 1000/32(3248)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/32(3248)
Title:
General view from the north-west of Sayyid Muhammad Maqbul Alam's Tomb at Shah Alam, Ahmadabad. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography This tomb, almost identical in design to Shah Alam's Tomb on the same site, is situated to the south of the mosque (see plan in James Burgess, 'The Muhammadan architecture of Ahmadabad' (Archaeological Survey of Western India, viol. 8, London, 1905), pl. 24). In...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

17. Photo 1000/32(3249)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/32(3249)
Title:
General view of east façade of Shah Alam's Mosque, Ahmadabad. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking across the court from the north-east, showing the screen of arches and flanking minarets. With part of Sayyid Muhammad Muqbul Alam's Tomb at extreme left. India Museum no. 1492. Received from Captain Lyon 7 February 1871. Duplicate print at Photo 10...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

18. Photo 1000/32(3250)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/32(3250)
Title:
Close view of inner doorway of Shah Alam's Tomb, Ahmadabad. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View from the right looking towards the double brass doorway, and showing the surrounding pierced marble walls of the tomb. India Museum no. 1493. Received from Captain Lyon 7 February 1871. Duplicate print at Photo 1001 (3250). 602. - Shows the entrance to the...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

19. Photo 1000/32(3251)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/32(3251)
Title:
Close view of façade of pierced stone screens on the north wall of Shah Alam's Tomb, Ahmadabad. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography 603. - Gives a view of the outer wall on the North side of the tomb, it is built as may be seen of stone, pierced and carved into all sorts of different devices, each slab of stone containing four squares. One block had been damaged and taken out, and has no dou...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

20. Photo 1000/32(3252)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/32(3252)
Title:
View of buildings from the top of Shah Alam's Mosque, Ahmadabad. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography The view looks north-east across the court of the mosque towards the buildings lining the north perimeter. The building at the right is the Diwan Khana or hall of audience, while the range of smaller buildings to left are for the use of visitors to religious fes...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item