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1. Photo 212/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/2
Title:
Lyon Collection: Photographs to Illustrate the Ancient Architecture of Southern India, by Captain Lyon. Nos. 291-330 [Vol. 2 of 7]. Photographer(s): Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Modern buckram-bound volume measuring 520 x 455 mm, containing 40 albumen print views of temple and palace architecture at Madurai and Sakkandurmali.The prints are mounted on card, within a tinted border with the printed legend, 'India by Captain Lyon.' A letterpress caption label, with Lyon's a...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1867-1868
Extent:
40 items

2. Photo 212/7(18)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/7(18)
Title:
Ruins of Vijianuggur [Vijayanagara] near Humpee [Hampi]. The Vigiavittaldover or temples near the River Tumboodra [Tungabhadra]. Tower and porticoes at entrance. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of the entrance gopura of the Vitthala Temple, with lamp column in right foreground. Another copy of this print at Photo 1000 (3156). Lyon's 'Notes to accompany a series of photographs prepared to illustrate the ancient architecture of Southern India' (Mari...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1868-1869
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 212/7(34)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/7(34)
Title:
Tarputry [Tadpatri]. Temple in ruins near the river. Entrance to the temple on the north side. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Numbered '524' in the negative. Genre: Architectural Photography View of the passage through the gopura of the Ramalingeshvara Temple, showing sculptural detail of the inner face, with the River Penner glimpsed beyond; with a figure of Ganga at the base of the central pillar. Anot...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1868-1869
Extent:
1 item