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Subject Bihar Museum

1. Photo 1002/4(191)

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Photo 1002/4(191)
Title:
Miscellaneous sculptures in Bihar Museum [Broadley Collection]. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Sculptures of 'Aditya, Vishnu, Vamanavatara, Kalkiavatara, and fragments'. Note by Bloch reads: 'The sculptures photographed while exhibited in the Bihar Museum were collected from various places in Bihar, and are now in the Indian Museum. A paper by Mr Broadley...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 1002/4(192)

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Photo 1002/4(192)
Title:
Sculpture of Vishnu riding on Garuda, Bihar Museum [Broadley Collection]. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
Scope & Content:
Close view of sculpture, placed against a wall. This piece, now in the Indian Museum (accession number A25167/4012), is from Nalanda. The sculpture is illustrated in Frederick M. Asher, 'The Former Broadley Collection, Bihar Sharif' ('Artibus Asiae', vol. 32, 1970, pp. 105-124), plate 15. See al...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 1002/4(193)

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Photo 1002/4(193)
Title:
Miscellaneous sculptures photographed in front of the Bihar Museum [Broadley Collection]. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Sculpture slabs lined up along the façade of the Bihar Museum. Bloch lists the items as: 'Aditya, Shiva and Parvati, Ganesha, Vishnu Avalokiseshvara, a slab with nine avatars, various female deities.' These pieces can also be seen in the more general view at pri...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 1002/4(194)

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Photo 1002/4(194)
Title:
Sculptured slab of Aditya and Varahavatara photographed in front of the Bihar Museum [Broadley Collection]. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Large sculpture piece of Vishnu as a boar. This piece can also be seen leaning against the right side of the museum building in print 199. See note at print 199, where the sculpture is identified as coming from the Burgaon Tank. Subjects = Broadley Collection;...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
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Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 1002/4(195)

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Photo 1002/4(195)
Title:
Sculptured slabs photographed in the grounds of the Bihar Museum [Broadley Collection]. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Sculpture slabs lined up in front of carved pillars in the grounds of the Bihar Museum. Bloch lists the items as: 'Twelve-armed Bodhitsattva, Buddhistic female deity, Durga, Avalokiteshvara, Vajravarahi, Vishnu.' See note at print 199. Subjects = Broadley Col...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 1002/4(196)

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Photo 1002/4(196)
Title:
Sculptured slabs of Aditya and Buddha, photographed at the Bihar Museum [Broadley Collection]. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
Scope & Content:
Close view of sculptures. See note at print 199. Subjects = Broadley Collection; Buddha images; Indian sculpture; Indian sculpture (Buddhist); museum objects; museums and galleries Location = Bihar; Bihar Sharif; India
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 1002/4(197)

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Photo 1002/4(197)
Title:
Sculptured doorway and Buddhist statues, photographed at the Bihar Museum. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of massive carved doorway. See note at print 199. Subjects = Broadley Collection; doorways; Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Buddhist); Indian sculpture; Indian sculpture (Buddhist); museum objects; museums and galleries Location = Bihar...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 1002/4(198)

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Photo 1002/4(198)
Title:
General view of the Bihar Museum [Broadley Collection]. Photographer: Simpson, Benjamin
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking across the pool towards the museum building, with sculpture pieces on display in the foreground. The figure leaning against one of the pieces may well be Broadley. See note at print 199. Subjects = British colonial architecture; Broadley Collecti...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 1002/4(199)

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Photo 1002/4(199)
Title:
General view of south façade of the Bihar Museum, with sculptures ranged in front of the building [Broadley Collection]. Photographer: Simpson, Benjamin
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Credited to 'Dr Simpson', but possibly taken by Beglar. The museum was founded by Alexander Meyrick Broadley (ICS), who acquired much of the collection during his travels to archaeological sites in Bihar in the early 1870s. His archaeological work and some of th...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 1002/4(200)

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Photo 1002/4(200)
Title:
Two Armenian tombstones and miscellaneous sculpture slabs arranged in front of the Bihar Museum [Broadley Collection]. Photographer: Simpson, Benjamin
Scope & Content:
View of sculpture pieces arranged in front of the museum. See note at print 199, also Frederick M. Asher, 'The Former Broadley Collection, Bihar Sharif' ('Artibus Asiae', vol. 32, 1970, pp. 105-124), where this photograph is reproduced as plate 2, with Broadley's original caption: 'Eastern doorw...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

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