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Container Reference (shelfmark) Photo 1002/2 Subject Buddha Images

1. Photo 1002/2(71)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1002/2(71)
Title:
Group of terracotta figures from Bodh Gaya. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography A very dark print, showing a group of terracotta images of Hindu deities and Buddha images, packed for transportation on wooden shelves. The top right-hand piece is reproduced in Alexander Cunningham, 'Mahabodhi or the Great Buddhist Temple under the Bodhi Tree ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Late 1870s
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 1002/2(73)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1002/2(73)
Title:
Sculpture of a Bodhisattva at Ghenjam (Ghenjan), Gaya District. Photographer: Garrick, Henry Baily Wade
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Described in 'List of Ancient Monuments in Bengal. Revised and corrected up to 31st August 1895' (Calcutta, 1896), pp. 326-327: 'About a mile-and-a-half from Kispa, to the north-east, there is a village called Ghenjan, on the top of a large mound. Here there is ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 1002/2(78)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1002/2(78)
Title:
Statue of Buddha at Kauwa Dol Hill. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography View of partially excavated seated Buddha image: '...The most prominent one is of Buddha, 7 feet in height, and 7½ feet broad, and which is now worshipped as Bhim Sen. The face is 16 inches broad...' (Cunningham and Garrick, op. cit., p.48). Photograph probably...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1872
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 1002/2(78a)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1002/2(78a)
Title:
Statue of Buddha at Kauwa Dol Hill. Photographer: Caddy, Alexander Edwin
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography A small, rather dark print, showing the seated Buddha image, also seen in print 78.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1895
Extent:
1 item