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1. Photo 11(91)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(91)
Title:
Monuments of Sutteeism in the Kangra Valley. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
View of stone sati memorials under a tree in the Kangra valley, taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s. Sati or the custom of a widow immolating herself on her husband’s funeral pyre was practiced by some Hindus, particularly the Rajputs. Sati slabs were placed in memory of the women who committed ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1864
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 212/3(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/3(3)
Title:
Streevelliputtur [Srivilliputtur]. The large Juggernaut car. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Numbered '333' in the negative. Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the massive, richly-carved wooden temple car of the Vatapatrashayi Temple. The European figure posed by one of the wheels may possibly be Lyon himself. Lyon's 'Notes to accompany a series of photograp...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1867-1868
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 212/3(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/3(4)
Title:
Streevelliputtur [Srivilliputtur]. Another view of the large Juggernaut car. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Direct, side-on view of the temple car also seen in print 3, showing the carving in more detail. 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...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1867-1868
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 248(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 248(7)
Title:
Juggernauth Car, (decorated for festive procession). Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed in the negative, 'F. Fiebig' (signature cropped). View of a large temple car, decorated with flags, being processed along a street in South India (probably in Madras or vicinity), with followers in the background.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1852
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 752/4(59)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 752/4(59)
Title:
Native festival, Conjeeveram, S. India. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Large crowd gathered on the steps and in the water of a massive tank.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 1000/27(2703)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/27(2703)
Title:
Rath (temple car) and pavilions, with hill beyond, Tiruchengodu. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 1000/27(2704)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/27(2704)
Title:
Massive wooden rath (temple car), Tiruchengodu. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Massive and elaborately-carved wooden temple car. India Museum no. 782.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 1003(2475)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(2475)
Title:
Brass utensils used for puja (prayer), Vaidyanath Temple, Tirumalavadi. Photographer: Rea, Alexander
Scope & Content:
Collection of items laid out for photography. Subjects = arts & crafts; brassware.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1892
Extent:
1 item