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Subject Architectural Styles Name Rea, Alexander, Archaeological Survey of India 1882-1913, 1858-1921

1. Photo 1002/40(2208)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1002/40(2208)
Title:
Front view of the Dharmaraja Cave Temple, Mamallapuram. Photographer: Rea, Alexander
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = Indian architecture
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 1002/40(2209)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1002/40(2209)
Title:
Entrance, with rock-cut sculptures, to the Trimurti Cave Temple, Mamallapuram. Photographer: Rea, Alexander
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the three shrines (to Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva) arranged in a row on the rock-face, each niche flanked by pilasters with guardian figures. This temple is described in James Burgess, 'The cave temples of India' (London, 1880), pp. 152-153, and th...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 1002/40(2210)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1002/40(2210)
Title:
General view of the entrance to the Krishna Mandapa, Mamallapuram. Photographer: Rea, Alexander
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = Indian architecture
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 1002/40(2211)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1002/40(2211)
Title:
General view of the entrance to the Pancha Pandava Mandapa, Mamallapuram. Photographer: Rea, Alexander
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Showing the six columns with lion bases of the uncompleted temple. Subjects = Indian architecture
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 1002/40(2212)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1002/40(2212)
Title:
General view of the entrance to the Varaha Cave Temple, Mamallapuram. Photographer: Rea, Alexander
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography The view shows the entrance façade, the opening supported by two columns with lion bases, with an Indian figure in the foreground. The empty shrine (centre background) is flanked by guardian figures. Subjects = Indian architecture;
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 1002/40(2213)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1002/40(2213)
Title:
General view of the entrance to the Varaha Cave Temple, Mamallapuram. Photographer: Rea, Alexander
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = Indian architecture
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 1002/40(2214)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1002/40(2214)
Title:
General view of the façade of the Yamapuri or Mahishamardini Cave Temple, Mamallapuram Photographer: Rea, Alexander
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View from the right looking towards the columned façade of the temple, with the shrines partly visible behind. With four Indian men seated on the steps leading up to the temple. Subjects = Indian architecture
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 1002/40(2215)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1002/40(2215)
Title:
View of the Olakkanatha Temple, a structural shrine above the Mahishamardini Cave Temple, Mamallapuram. Photographer: Rea, Alexander
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Described in James Burgess, 'The cave temples of India' (London, 1880), p. 147: 'Immediately above this cave is the fragment of a structural temple, which forms one of the most conspicuous objects in the landscape from whichever side it is seen. It is not, howe...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 1002/40(2216)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1002/40(2216)
Title:
Unfinished Cave Temple, Mamallapuram. Photographer: Rea, Alexander
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards the entrance of the temple, which consists of three openings between two rough arches. The surrounding rock-face has been crudely cross-hatched to form incised squares. Subjects = Indian architecture; unidentified
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 1002/40(2217)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1002/40(2217)
Title:
Unidentified Cave Temple, Mamallapuram. Photographer: Rea, Alexander
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = Indian architecture; unidentified
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item