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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 1003 Subject Sculpture

1. Photo 1003(36)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(36)
Title:
Chamunda image at Jajpur, Cuttack District. Photographer: Cornish, William Henry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography 'List of Ancient Monuments in Bengal' (Calcutta, 1896), pp. 472-473. In the 1930s the image was situated in front of the Sub-Divisional Officer's bungalow: see description in M. H. H. Kuraishi, 'List of ancient monuments...in the Province of Bihar and Orissa' (...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 1003(37)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(37)
Title:
Indrani image at Jajpur, Cuttack District. Photographer: Cornish, William Henry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography 'List of Ancient Monuments in Bengal' (Calcutta, 1896), pp. 472-473. In the 1930s the image was situated in front of the Sub-Divisional Officer's bungalow: see description in M. H. H. Kuraishi, 'List of ancient monuments...in the Province of Bihar and Orissa' ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 1003(38)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(38)
Title:
Varahi image at Jajpur, Cuttack District. Photographer: Cornish, William Henry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Wife of Vishnu in boar incarnation. 'List of Ancient Monuments in Bengal' (Calcutta, 1896), pp. 472-473. In the 1930s the image was situated in front of the Sub-Divisional Officer's bungalow: see description in M. H. H. Kuraishi, 'List of ancient monuments......
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 1003(64)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(64)
Title:
Ancient railings around the Mahabodhi Temple, Bodh Gaya. Photographer: Garrick, Henry Baily Wade
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of base of pillar, with sculptured disc and bracket. A rather dark print. Credited to Beglar in Bloch's list, but probably photographed by Garrick during his visit of 1880-1. Duplicate of Photo 1002 (64).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880-1881
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 1003(65)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(65)
Title:
Ancient railings around the Mahabodhi Temple, Bodh Gaya. Photographer: Garrick, Henry Baily Wade
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of pillar, with sculptured disc and bracket. Credited to Beglar in Bloch's list, but probably photographed by Garrick during his visit of 1880-1. Duplicate of Photo 1002 (65).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880-1881
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 1003(70)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(70)
Title:
Group of sculptures from Bodh Gaya. Photographer: Garrick, Henry Baily Wade
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Group of sculpture slabs photographed against a wall at Bodh Gaya. The caption identifies: '2 Adityas, 2 Shiva and Parvatis, 2 Ganeshas, 1 Vishnu, 1 female statue of uncertain meaning and fragments of 3 other statues.' Now in the Indian Museum, Calcutta. Credite...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880-1881
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 1003(71)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(71)
Title:
Group of terracotta figures from Bodh Gaya. Photographer: Garrick, Henry Baily Wade
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography A very dark print, group of terracotta images of Hindu deities and Buddha images. The top right-hand piece is reproduced in Alexander Cunningham, 'Mahabodhi or the Great Buddhist Temple under the Bodhi Tree at Buddha-Gaya' (London, 1892), pl. xxiv (b). Credited ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880-1881
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 1003(73)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(73)
Title:
Sculpture of Bodhisattva at Ghenjam (Ghenjan), Gaya District. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
Scope & Content:
'List of Ancient Monuments in Bengal' (Calcutta, 1896), pp. 326-327: 'About a mile-and-a-half from Kispa, to the north-east, there is a village called Ghenjan, on the top of a large mound. Here there is a very fine statue of Buddha, the ascetic, with representations of the birth, teaching and de...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 1003(76)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(76)
Title:
Rock sculptures at foot of Kauwa Dol Hill, Gaya District. Photographer: Henry Baily Wade Garrick
Scope & Content:
General view of Hindu and Buddhist sculptures carved in niches on massive boulders at the foot of the hill. Reproduced as a lithograph in Alexander Cunningham and H. B. W. Garrick, Report of tours in North and South Bihar, in 1880-81 (A.S.I. vol. XVI, Calcutta, 1883), pl. xv, and described p. 48...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880-81
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 1003(78)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(78)
Title:
Statue of Buddha at Kauwa Dol Hill. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
Scope & Content:
'...The most prominent one is of Buddha, 7 feet in height, and 7½ feet broad, and which is now worshipped as Bhim Sen. The face is 16 inches broad...' (Cunningham and Garrick, op. cit., p.48). Photograph probably taken in the 1870s: Cunningham, writing after his 1880 visit, states that '...Mr Be...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item