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Subject Dwellings Name Lyon, Edmund David, Captain, British Army officer and photographer in India, 1825-1891

1. Photo 2/3(111)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 2/3(111)
Title:
The Gaol. Azam Khan's Palace [Ahmadabad]. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the palace which was used as a jail at the time of the photograph. Duplicate at ASIO 3223. Listed in Bloch's List of photographic negatives of ancient buildings, statues and inscriptions belonging to the India Office, London (Calcutta, 1900), Ser...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 212/2(26)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/2(26)
Title:
Madura Palace. General view from outside the walls. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view looking towards Trimul Naik's Palace, with the British courthouse in the foreground. 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 Jame...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1867-1868
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 212/2(27)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/2(27)
Title:
Madura Palace. View of front as seen from the entrance of quadrangle. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards the massive arcade and entrance of Trimul Naik's Palace. 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 t...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1867-1868
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 212/2(28)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/2(28)
Title:
Madura Palace. S.E. angle of the quadrangle. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of a corner of the quadrangle, looking towards the arcade, in Trimul Naik's Palace, also seen in print 27. Lyon's 'Notes to accompany a series of photographs prepared to illustrate the ancient architecture of southern India' (Marion and Co., London, 1870), ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1867-1868
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 212/2(29)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/2(29)
Title:
Madura Palace. The interior. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View inside the audience hall of Trimul Naik's Palace, looking towards wooden seating with punkahs above. Another copy at Photo 1000 (2969). See also Photo 953/4 (6), for a similar view, taken a decade earlier. Lyon's 'Notes to accompany a series of photographs ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1867-1868
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 212/2(30)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/2(30)
Title:
Madura Palace [Tirumala Nayaka Palace]. View from the interior looking out. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View from the interior of the arcade in Trimul Naik's Palace, looking along the length of the quadrangle also seen in prints 27-8. The European figure in the background, who appears in a number of the Madurai photographs, may well be Lyon himself. Lyon's 'Notes...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1867-1868
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 212/2(31)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/2(31)
Title:
Madura Palace [Tirumala Nayaka Palace]. View of the side aisle. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking along the interior of the quadrangle arcade, towards a European man (probably Lyon himself), seated at the far end and supplying an indication of scale. Lyon's 'Notes to accompany a series of photographs prepared to illustrate the ancient architectu...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1867-1868
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 212/2(32)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/2(32)
Title:
Madura Palace. The north side of quadrangle. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Head-on view from the quadrangle looking towards a section of the surrounding arcade, with a European figure (probably Lyon himself) positioned in the centre of one of the arches to indicate their massive scale. Lyon's 'Notes to accompany a series of photographs...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1867-1868
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 212/2(35)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/2(35)
Title:
Madura. The interior of the Tuncum. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography This view looks across the room, furnished in European style, and along a vista of cusped arches towards the window. At the right stands a European couple - presumably the judge of Madura and his wife - she seated at a spinet, he standing behind. The judge at Ma...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1867-1868
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 212/3(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/3(1)
Title:
Streevelliputtur [Srivilliputtur]. The large pyramidal tower at entrance. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Numbered '331' in the negative. Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards eastern gopura of the Vatapatrashayi Temple at Srivilliputtur, with houses lining the roadway in the foreground. Lyon's 'Notes to accompany a series of photographs prepared to illustrate the anci...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1867-1868
Extent:
1 item