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61. Photo 212/1(14)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/1(14)
Title:
Jumbookeshwar Temple near Trichinopoly. The tank and surrounding objects. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking across the tank of the Jambukeshvara Temple at Srirangam, with a shrine in the centre and a columned mandapa on the far side. On of the temple gopuras can be seen on the skyline in the background. Lyon's 'Notes to accompany a series of photographs p...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1867-1868
Extent:
1 item

62. Photo 212/1(37)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/1(37)
Title:
Madura. Trimul Naik's Portico [Pudu Mandapa]. The west front. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Numbered '286' in the negative. Genre: Architectural Photography View form the roadway looking along the western façade of the Pudu Mandapa of the Minakshi Sundareshvara Temple at Madurai. This frontage, with its sculptures of rearing horsemen, abuts the the east end of the main t...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1867-1868
Extent:
1 item

63. Photo 212/2(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/2(4)
Title:
Madura. The Great Pagoda [Minakshi Sundareshvara Temple]. Interior of Porch. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking along the row of pillars, with sculptured figures on the outer face, inside the Porch of the Eight Goddesses, at the eastern entrance to the Minakshi Sundareshvara Temple. Lyon's 'Notes to accompany a series of photographs prepared to illustrate the...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1867-1868
Extent:
1 item

64. Photo 212/2(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/2(11)
Title:
Madura. The Great Pagoda [Minakshi Sundareshvara Temple]. The Yali. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Side view of a carved pillar in the form of a yali, a fantastic lion-like creature. Lyon's 'Notes to accompany a series of photographs prepared to illustrate the ancient architecture of southern India' (Marion and Co., London, 1870), edited by James Fergusson, g...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1867-1868
Extent:
1 item

65. Photo 212/2(28)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/2(28)
Title:
Madura Palace. S.E. angle of the quadrangle. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of a corner of the quadrangle, looking towards the arcade, in Trimul Naik's Palace, also seen in print 27. Lyon's 'Notes to accompany a series of photographs prepared to illustrate the ancient architecture of southern India' (Marion and Co., London, 1870), ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1867-1868
Extent:
1 item

66. Photo 212/2(32)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/2(32)
Title:
Madura Palace. The north side of quadrangle. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Head-on view from the quadrangle looking towards a section of the surrounding arcade, with a European figure (probably Lyon himself) positioned in the centre of one of the arches to indicate their massive scale. Lyon's 'Notes to accompany a series of photographs...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1867-1868
Extent:
1 item

67. Photo 212/3(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/3(1)
Title:
Streevelliputtur [Srivilliputtur]. The large pyramidal tower at entrance. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Numbered '331' in the negative. Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards eastern gopura of the Vatapatrashayi Temple at Srivilliputtur, with houses lining the roadway in the foreground. Lyon's 'Notes to accompany a series of photographs prepared to illustrate the anci...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1867-1868
Extent:
1 item

68. Photo 212/3(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/3(2)
Title:
Streevelliputtur [Srivilliputtur]. Carvings on stone base of tower. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Numbered '332' in the negative. Genre: Architectural Photography Close-up view of the base of the eastern gopura of the Vatapatrashayi Temple at Srivilliputtur, showing sculptural detail. Lyon's 'Notes to accompany a series of photographs prepared to illustrate the ancient archite...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1867-1868
Extent:
1 item

69. Photo 212/3(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/3(6)
Title:
Kaloogoomulla [Kalugumalai], near Tinnevelly. The Rock and Sacred Tank. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Numbered '336' in the negative. Genre: Architectural Photography View looking across the tank (with central shrine in foreground) towards the small temple on the further side and the rock rising beyond. Lyon's 'Notes to accompany a series of photographs prepared to illustrate the ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1867-1868
Extent:
1 item

70. Photo 212/3(14)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/3(14)
Title:
Carved figure in Tinnevelly [Tirunelveli] Pagoda. Colossal figure of Pagadé. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of carved figure. Lyon's 'Notes to accompany a series of photographs prepared to illustrate the ancient architecture of Southern India' (Marion and Co., London, 1870), edited by James Fergusson, gives the following description of this photograph: 'Imm...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1867-1868
Extent:
1 item