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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 1003 Place Bihar, Bihār, India, Asia

1. Photo 1003(75)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(75)
Title:
General view of Kauwa Dol Hill, Gaya District. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking across fields towards the hill. 'List of Ancient Monuments in Bengal' (Calcutta, 1896), pp. 320-321. Reproduced as a lithograph in Alexander Cunningham and H. B. W. Garrick, 'Report of tours in North and South Bihar, in 1880-81' (A.S.I. vol. XVI, Calc...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870s
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 1003(78)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(78)
Title:
Statue of Buddha at Kauwa Dol Hill. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
Scope & Content:
'...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 taken in the 1870s: Cunningham, writing after his 1880 visit, states that '...Mr Be...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 1003(78a)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(78a)
Title:
Statue of Buddha at Kauwa Dol Hill. Photographer: Caddy, Alexander Edwin
Scope & Content:
Another view (poorish quality) of the sculpture seen in print 78. Taken at a later date. Duplicate of Photo 1002 (78a).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1895
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 1003(84)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(84)
Title:
Close view of door of temple courtyard, Damdama, Hazaribagh District. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870s
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 1003(85)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(85)
Title:
Architrave built into wall, Damdama, Hazaribagh District. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of architrave, carved with similar designs to print 84, above a doorway or window in the temple. Duplicate of Photo 1002 (85).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870s
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 1003(86)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(86)
Title:
Statues in the court of the temple at Damdama, Hazaribagh District. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Group of sculptured slabs, identified in Bloch's list as: 'a Surya seated on lotus throne, and some ornamental pieces.' Duplicate of Photo 1002 (86).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870s
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 1003(87)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(87)
Title:
Statue of four-armed goddess in the court of the temple at Damdama, Hazaribagh District. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870s
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 1003(88)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(88)
Title:
Statue of Vishnu inside ruined temple, Damdama, Hazaribagh District. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870s
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 1003(138)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(138)
Title:
Temple at Banda, Manbhum District. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography 'List of Ancient Monuments in Bengal' (Calcutta, 1896), pp. 556-557: 'This is a stone temple in plan resembling those at Barakur. Whereas those consist of a single cell which once had a mandapa in front, now wrongly arranged as a long pillared hall, the front of...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1872-1873
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 1003(139)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(139)
Title:
Temple at Banda, Manbhum District: detail of front of temple, showing entrance. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of base of temple. This view, which shows the side not visible in print 138, is taken from the top of the pillared hall and looks down onto the doorway and window apertures above. Duplicate of Photo 1002 (139).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1872-1873
Extent:
1 item