Archive Reference (shelfmark): Photo 1002 / Subject: Architectural Types - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1002/1(39)
Title:: General view of the Mosque of Abu Nasir Khan, with statue lying in foreground, Jajpur, Cuttack District. Photographer: Cornish, William Henry
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography Described in 'List of Ancient Monuments in Bengal. Revised and corrected up to 31st August 1895' (Calcutta, 1896), pp. 472-475: 'Adjoining the compound of the Subdivisional Office stands a mosque with two minarets. It is about 70 feet long by 80 broad. It has f...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1870
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1002/1(44)
Title:: Entrance to the Lomas Rishi Cave, Barabar Hills. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography Described in 'List of Ancient Monuments in Bengal. Revised and corrected up to 31st August 1895' (Calcutta, 1896), p. 318: 'This is similar to the Sudama cave, both in size and arrangements, but the roof is unfinished, while the walls and roof of the Sudama cav...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1870s
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1002/1(44a)
Title:: Entrance to the Lomas Rishi Cave, Barabar Hills. Photographer: Caddy, Alexander Edwin
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography A more distant view of the entrance than Photo 1002/1 (44).
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1895
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1002/1(44b)
Title:: Entrance to the Lomas Rishi Cave, Barabar Hills. Photographer: Caddy, Alexander Edwin
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography A small-format view of the entrance. See note at Photo 1002/1 (44).
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1895
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1002/1(45)
Title:: View of entrance to Lomas Rishi Cave and Sudama Cave, Barabar Hills. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography Oblique view of entrance to Lomas Rishi Cave (in foreground), looking along the ridge towards the plain entrance to the Sudama Cave.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1870s
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1002/1(45a)
Title:: Entrance to one of the Barabar Hill caves. Photographer: Caddy, Alexander Edwin
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography Square unadorned entrance to an unidentified cave.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1895
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1002/1(49)
Title:: The Mahabodhi Temple at Bodh Gaya, before repairs. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
Scope & Content:: Genre: Archaeological Photography General view of the east façade of the main tower, before restoration. The negative has been retouched to make the tower stand out more prominently against the skyline. A very similar view from the same position, which appears to have been taken around the same...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1864
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1002/1(50)
Title:: The Mahabodhi Temple at Bodh Gaya, during restoration. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography Photograph from the same viewpoint as print 49, showing the east façade of the temple under restoration and swathed in scaffolding. Repairs and restoration of the temple were undertaken by J. D. Beglar, an appointment authorised by Sir Ashley Eden, Lieutenant-Go...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1880
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1002/2(51)
Title:: Detail of roofing in interior of the Mahabodhi Temple, Bodh Gaya. Photographer: Garrick, Henry Baily Wade
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography Incorrectly credited to Beglar in T. Bloch, 'A list of the photographic negatives of Indian antiquities in the collection of the Indian Museum: with which is incorporated the list of similar negatives in the possession of the the India Office' (Calcutta, 1900). ...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1880-1881
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1002/2(52)
Title:: Close view of arches in front of the east façade of the Mahabodhi Temple, Bodh Gaya. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography Showing arches before restoration, with brickwork in ruinous condition. Reproduced in Alexander Cunningham, 'Mahabodhi or the Great Buddhist Temple under the Bodhi Tree at Buddha-Gaya' (London, 1892), pl. xxxi.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: Late 1870s
Extent:: 1 item

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