040-003130021 / Subject: Architectural Styles - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1000/30(3043)
Title:: Tanjore Pagoda. The great pyramidal tower. Facade of base on north side. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of base, showing sculptured figures and moulding details, with waterdpout and collecting tank in foreground. Received from Captain Lyon, 5th May 1871. India Museum no. 1284. Duplicate at Photo 212/4 (25).
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1868
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1000/30(3063)
Title:: Peroor Temple [Patteshvara Temple, Perur], near Coimbatore. Fourth carved pillar in centre aisle. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography 'It represents Shiva in the act of destoying one of the sons of Kasimuni, the enemy of mankind, by spearing him in the eye'. The sculpture is the base of the right-hand pillar seen in print 3061. Received from Captain Lyon, 5th May 1871. India Museum no. 1305. D...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1868
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1000/30(3066)
Title:: Peroor Temple [Patteshvara Temple, Perur], near Coimbatore. Seventh carved pillar in centre aisle. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography Considerable fading down left-hand side of print. '...a representation of Kartikya, another son of Shiva and the Hindu God of War,. in his vahana, the peacock'. Received from Captain Lyon, 5th May 1871. India Museum no. 1307. Duplicate at Photo 212/5 (12).
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1868
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1000/30(3067)
Title:: Peroor Temple [Patteshvara Temple, Perur], near Coimbatore. Eighth carved pillar in centre aisle. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography 'The god is here represented as destroying another of the sons of Kasimuni.' Received from Captain Lyon, 5th May 1871. India Museum no. 1309. Duplicate at Photo 212/5 (13).
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1868
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1000/30(3088)
Title:: Mahavellipore, near Madras. The first and second monoliths [Draupadi and Arjuna Rathas]. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography South-east view of Draupadi and Arjuna Rathas. Received from Captain Lyon, 5th May 1871. India Museum no. 1330. Duplicate at Photo 212/5 (34).
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1868
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1000/30(3090)
Title:: Mahavellipore, near Madras. Another view of the cracked monolith [Bhima Ratha]. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography '...another view of the largest Monolith taken on the other side, or [south-]west side...' Received from Captain Lyon, 5th May 1871. India Museum no. 1332. Duplicate at Photo 212/5 (36).
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1868
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1000/30(3103)
Title:: Views in Mysore. Shevana Bala Gola [Sravana Belgola]. The Jain statue. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography Close-up view of the colossal monolithic figure of Gommateshvara Bahubali on Vindhyagiri, the largest free-standing sculpture in India. Received from Captain Lyon, 5th May 1871. India Museum no. 1345. Duplicate at Photo 212/6 (5).
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1868
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1000/30(3078)
Title:: Mahavellipore, near Madras. Basso-relievo on left side of Vishnu temple. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography Relief sculpture in the Varaha Cave Temple: 'The god is represented in the left end as shown in the Photograph in the Varaha Avatar, or boar incarnation - the third of that god'. Received from Captain Lyon, 5th May 1871. India Museum no. 1320. Duplicate at Photo...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1868
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1000/30(3079)
Title:: Mahavellipore, near Madras. Basso-relievo on right side of Vishnu temple. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography Relief sculpture in the Varaha Cave Temple: 'The subject seems some incarnation of Vishnu [Trivikrama], and he is represented with eight arms, holding various weapons, but both the attitude and action look more like Shiva than this god. Its position, the emblems...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1868
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1000/30(3080)
Title:: Mahavellipore, near Madras. Basso-relievo on back wall of Vishnu temple. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography Relief sculpture in the Varaha Cave Temple: 'They face the entrance, and represent female deities, more probably Lakshmi, with different attributes and accompanied by attendants'. Received from Captain Lyon, 5th May 1871. India Museum no. 132. Duplicate at Photo...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1868
Extent:: 1 item

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