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040-003038781 Subject Reading Collection

1. Photo 10/12(36)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 10/12(36)
Title:
Fort Komal Garh [Kumbhalgarh]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Photograph of Kumbhalgarh fort from the 'Reading Collection: Views of Udaipur taken by an unknown photographer c.1910. Kumbhalgarh fort, 84 km north of Udaipur, rests on a hilltop in the Aravalli range at 1100 m. Chittaurgarh fort and Kumbhalgarh fort were the two most important forts used by th...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1910
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 10/12(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 10/12(1)
Title:
Palace, Udaipur. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Photograph of the City Palace from the 'Reading Collection: Views of Udaipur' taken by an unknown photographer c.1910. This view shows the east front, with a courtyard in the foreground containing a number of animals including goats, horses and elephants with their mahouts.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1910
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 10/12(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 10/12(7)
Title:
Palace from the lake, Udaipur. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Photograph of City Palace from the 'Reading Collection: Views of Udaipur taken by an unknown photographer c.1910. This view shows the fortified palace with its battlements and steep windowless exterior walls rise which meet tiers of delicate balconies, towers and domed kiosks at the upper levels.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1910
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 10/12(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 10/12(8)
Title:
Palace from the lake, Udaipur. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Photograph of City Palace from the 'Reading Collection: Views of Udaipur taken by an unknown photographer c.1910. It is a fortified palace composed of a colossal series of buildings faced in white plaster. Beyond the battlements, its steep windowless exterior walls rise to meet tiers of delicat...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1910
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 10/12(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 10/12(16)
Title:
City and the lake, Udaipur. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
View of Udaipur from the 'Reading Collection: Views of Udaipur taken by an unknown photographer c.1910. This is a general view looking across Lake Pichola towards the rooftops of the city, which are enclosed by a high crenellated wall with a water-gate between two towers at right.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1910
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 10/12(15)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 10/12(15)
Title:
City and the lake, Udaipur. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Photograph of the city and Lake Pichola from the 'Reading Collection: Views of Udaipur' taken by an unknown photographer c.1910. This is a bird’s-eye view looking across Lake Pichola.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1910
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 10/12(25)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 10/12(25)
Title:
Overflow of the Fatehsager Lake, Udaipur. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Photograph of Fateh Sagar from the 'Reading Collection: Views of Udaipur taken by an unknown photographer c.1910. This is a general view of the north-eastern embankment, reconstructed in 1889 following severe flooding, and in the foreground the weir, used as an overflow channel in the rainy seas...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1910
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 10/12(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 10/12(10)
Title:
Island Palaces Jagmandir, Jagniwas, Udaipur. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Photograph of Jag Niwas from the 'Reading Collection: Views of Udaipur taken by an unknown photographer c.1910. In this view the Jag Niwas is shown at right and the Jag Mandir further away at left, with boats moored in the foreground and the Aravalli hills in the distance.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1910
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 10/12(29)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 10/12(29)
Title:
Bund of the Udaisager Lake. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Photograph of the bund at the Udaisagar Lake from the 'Reading Collection: Views of Udaipur' taken by an unknown photographer c.1910. This is a view across the lake towards the massive bund or dam, which has tiers of pyramidal steps leading down to the water between buttresses and a temple on th...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1910
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 10/12(26)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 10/12(26)
Title:
Bund of the Fatehsagar Lake, Udaipur. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Photograph of the bund of the Fateh Sagar Lake from the 'Reading Collection: Views of Udaipur' taken by an unknown photographer c.1910. This is a general view of the bund or dam at the north-eastern edge of the lake, constructed by Maharana Fateh Singh (r. 1884-1930) in 1899. Domed pavilions or ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1910
Extent:
1 item