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1. Photo 212

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212
Title:
Photographs to Illustrate the Ancient Architecture of Southern India (in 7 volumes). Photographer(s): Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Collection of architectural photographs of Southern India in seven volumes, commissioned by the Government of Madras in 1867. The photographs are also included in the India Office Series (Photo 1000), and the original negatives for most are also held in the British Library Collections.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1867-1868
Extent:
Unspecified

2. Photo 212/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/1
Title:
Lyon Collection: Photographs to Illustrate the Ancient Architecture of Southern India, by Captain Lyon. [Vol 1 of 7]. Photographer(s): Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Modern buckram-bound album measuring 520 x 455 mm, containing 41 albumen print views of architecture at Trichinopoly, Shrirangam and Madurai. The prints are mounted on card, within a tinted border with the printed legend, 'India by Captain Lyon.' A letterpress caption label, with Lyon's assigned...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1867-1868
Extent:
41 items

3. Photo 212/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/2
Title:
Lyon Collection: Photographs to Illustrate the Ancient Architecture of Southern India, by Captain Lyon. Nos. 291-330 [Vol. 2 of 7]. Photographer(s): Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Modern buckram-bound volume measuring 520 x 455 mm, containing 40 albumen print views of temple and palace architecture at Madurai and Sakkandurmali.The prints are mounted on card, within a tinted border with the printed legend, 'India by Captain Lyon.' A letterpress caption label, with Lyon's a...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1867-1868
Extent:
40 items

4. Photo 212/7(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/7(1)
Title:
Ruins of Vijianuggur [Vijayanagara] near Calamapoor [Kamalapuram]. A small ruined temple called the Volkonda [Ramachandra]. The northern face. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of part of the facade and mandapa of the Ramachandra Temple, showing sculptured panels. Another copy of this print at Photo 1000 (3139). Lyon's 'Notes to accompany a series of photographs prepared to illustrate the ancient architecture of Southern India' (M...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1867-1868
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 212/7(18)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/7(18)
Title:
Ruins of Vijianuggur [Vijayanagara] near Humpee [Hampi]. The Vigiavittaldover or temples near the River Tumboodra [Tungabhadra]. Tower and porticoes at entrance. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of the entrance gopura of the Vitthala Temple, with lamp column in right foreground. Another copy of this print at Photo 1000 (3156). Lyon's 'Notes to accompany a series of photographs prepared to illustrate the ancient architecture of Southern India' (Mari...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1868-1869
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 212/7(24)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/7(24)
Title:
Ruins of Vijianuggur [Vijayanagara] near Humpee [Hampi]. The Vigiavittaldover or temples near the River Tumboodra [Tungabhadra]. The stone car. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of the temple car or ratha, carved out of granite in the form of a miniature shrine, in the court of the Vitthala Temple. The car is also seen in print 19. Another copy of this print at Photo 1000 (3162). Lyon's 'Notes to accompany a series of photogr...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1868-1869
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 212/7(34)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/7(34)
Title:
Tarputry [Tadpatri]. Temple in ruins near the river. Entrance to the temple on the north side. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Numbered '524' in the negative. Genre: Architectural Photography View of the passage through the gopura of the Ramalingeshvara Temple, showing sculptural detail of the inner face, with the River Penner glimpsed beyond; with a figure of Ganga at the base of the central pillar. Anot...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1868-1869
Extent:
1 item