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Subject Hall of a Thousand Pillars (Srirangam)

1. Photo 11(35)

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Photo 11(35)
Title:
Mundapum, with facade of carved stone horses [at Srirangam]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
View looking along the façade of the great horse mandapa (Sheshagirirayar Mandapa) in the Ranganatha Temple complex at Srirangam, with two Indian figures posed in the foreground, taken by Samuel Bourne in 1869. This view shows part of the Ranganatha Temple, a sacred Vaishnava complex situated on...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 15/4(34)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 15/4(34)
Title:
Temple carvings, Srirangam, Trichinopoly. Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = architectural elements; columns; Elgin Collection; Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Hindu); Indian sculpture; Indian sculpture (Hindu); mandapas; temples
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 17/4(15)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 17/4(15)
Title:
Madura [sic. Should read: View of the carved horse pillars in the Hall of a Thousand Pillars, Srirangam]. Photographer: Wiele and Klein
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Although unattributed, the style and printing process closely resembles that of Print 14 which is identified as a Wiele & Klein photograph. Subjects = architectural elements; columns; Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Hindu); Indian sculpture; Indi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 212/1(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/1(8)
Title:
Seringham Pagoda near Trichinopoly. The Hall of One Thousand Columns. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view looking along the façade of the Thousand Columned Mandapa of the Ranganagtha Temple at Srirangam. Lyon's 'Notes to accompany a series of photographs prepared to illustrate the ancient architecture of southern India' (Marion and Co., London, 1870), e...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1867-1868
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 430/5(14)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/5(14)
Title:
Court of Horses in the Temple of Seringham. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Detail of carved horse pillars. Subjects = architectural elements; Curzon Collection; Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Hindu); Indian sculpture; Indian sculpture (Hindu); mandapas; temples
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 440/2(20)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 440/2(20)
Title:
Facade, Mundapum, Trichinopoly. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking along the façade of the mandapa, with its piers carved in the form of rearing horses. A later (1880s?) print from a photograph taken by Bourne in 1869. Subjects = architectural elements; columns; Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Hindu); I...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 1000/29(2907)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/29(2907)
Title:
Seringham Pagoda near Trichinopoly. The Hall of One Thousand Columns. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Exterior view of the Hall of a Thousand Pillars in the Ranganatha Temple. Received from Captain Lyon, 5th May 1871. India Museum no. 1147. Duplicate at Photo 212/1 (8).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1868
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 1001/1(2907)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1001/1(2907)
Title:
Seringham Pagoda near Trichinopoly. The Hall of One Thousand Columns. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Exterior view of the Hall of a Thousand Pillars in the Ranganatha Temple. Duplicate (later printing) of Photo 1000 (2907). Another copy at Photo 212/1 (8). Subjects = Archaeological Survey of India Collections; Archaeological Survey of India Collections (Indi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1868
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 1002/44(2469)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1002/44(2469)
Title:
South porch of the Thousand Pillared Mandapa, Ranganatha Temple, Srirangam. Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Photograph attributed to H. H. Cole 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, 19...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1884
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 1003(2469)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(2469)
Title:
South porch of the Thousand Pillared Mandapa, Ranganatha Temple, Srirangam. Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Photograph attributed to H.H. Cole in Bloch's list, but almost certainly one of the series of views taken for Cole by Nicholas & Co. Subjects = Archaeological Survey of India Collections; Archaeological Survey of India Collections (Indian Museum Series); a...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1884
Extent:
1 item