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032-003132713 Subject Tombs and Sepulchral Monuments

1. Photo 1001/2(3208)

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Photo 1001/2(3208)
Title:
The Dutch tombs at Surat. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of some of the tombs. The massive mausoleum on the left is that of Adriaan van Reede (d. 1691), chief of the Dutch factory and author of Hortus Malabaricus. It was the celebrated magnificence of these tombs which had inspired the architect Sir John ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 1001/2(3213)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1001/2(3213)
Title:
Tombs of the Queens, Ahmadabad. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 1001/2(3257)

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Photo 1001/2(3257)
Title:
General view of Dada Harir's Tomb, Asarwa, Ahmadabad. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of south façade showing entrance, with bricked-in area in foreground apparently used as living quarters by the watchman. Reproduced in collotype in James Burgess, Muhammadan architecture of Ahmadabad (Archaeological Survey of Western India, vol. VII...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
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Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 1001/1(3258)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1001/1(3258)
Title:
General view of Shaikh Ahmad Ganj Baksh's Tomb, Sarkhej, near Ahmadabad. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 1001/1(3250)

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Photo 1001/1(3250)
Title:
Close view of inner doorway of Shah Alam's Tomb, Ahmadabad. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View from the right looking towards the double brass doorway, and showing the surrounding pierced marble walls of the tomb. Duplicate (later printing) of Photo 1000 (3250).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 1001/1(3248)

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Photo 1001/1(3248)
Title:
General view from the north-west of Sayyid Muhammad Maqbul Alam's Tomb at Shah Alam, Ahmadabad. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography This tomb, almost identical in design to Shah Alam's Tomb on the same site, is situated to the south of the mosque (see plan in James Burgess, The Muhammadan architecture of Ahmadabad (Archaeological Survey of Western India, viol. VIII, London, 1905), pl. xxiv)....
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 1001/1(3253)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1001/1(3253)
Title:
Shah Alam's Tomb from the top of Shah Alam's Mosque, Ahmadabad. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking south-east from the top of the mosque towards the main entrance (west façade) of the tomb. Duplicate (later printing) of Photo 1000 (3253). This copy of the print is numbered 602 in the negative, but it is in fact 605 in Lyon's list.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 1001/1(3212)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1001/1(3212)
Title:
View from the south-west of Rani Sipri's Mosque and Tomb, Ahmadabad. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View from the road looking towards the south elevation of the mosque, with the dome of the tomb visible in the right background. Duplicate (later printing) of Photo 1000 (3212).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 1001/1(3251)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1001/1(3251)
Title:
Close view of façade of pierced stone screens on the north wall of Shah Alam's Tomb, Ahmadabad. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Duplicate (later printing) of Photo 1000 (2017).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item