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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 212/1(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/1(3)
Title:
Seringham Pagoda near Trichinopoly. General View. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view looking towards the Ranganatha Temple complex at Srirangam, with the gopuras rising above the surrounding rooftops. Lyon's 'Notes to accompany a series of photographs prepared to illustrate the ancient architecture of southern India' (Marion and Co....
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1867-1868
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 212/3(35)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/3(35)
Title:
Troohootarasa Manghay Pagoda, near Ramnad. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of temple gopura. Another copy at Photo 1000 (2006). Lyon's letterpress identifies the temple as the 'Troohootarasa Manghay Pagoda', some six miles east of Ramnad. This is presumably the Tiruttarakosamangai of Robert Sewell's 'Lists of the antiquari...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1867-1868
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 212/3(36)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/3(36)
Title:
Troohootarasa Manghay Pagoda, near Ramnad. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of the gopura from inside the temple enclosure. See note on location at print 35. 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 Fergusson...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1867-1868
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 212/3(38)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/3(38)
Title:
Calliar Covill [Kalaiyarkovil]. The small gateway. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of the smaller temple gopura, seen at the right in print 37. Lyon's 'Notes to cccompany a series of photographs prepared to illustrate the ancient architecture of Southern India' (Marion and Co., London, 1870), edited by James Fergusson, gives the fol...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1867-1868
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 212/3(41)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/3(41)
Title:
Tircoostioor [Tirukoshtur]. Side entrance to temple. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of the small gopura above the entrance gateway to the temple, with the shrine beyond. 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

7. Photo 212/6(38)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/6(38)
Title:
Ruins of Vijianuggur [Vijayanagara], near Calamapoor [Kamalapuram]. [General view of ruins, with square watchtower.] Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Lyon's 'Notes to Accompany a Series of Photographs Prepared to Illustrate the Ancient Architecture of Southern India' (Marion & Co., London, 1870), edited by James Fergusson, gives the following description of this photograph: '488 - From the same elevated p...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1867-1868
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 212/7(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/7(10)
Title:
Ruins of Vijianuggur [Vijayanagara] near Calamapoor [Kamalapuram]. [Ruined watchtower?] Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of the lower storey of a ruined tower, probably the building described in John M. Fritz, George Michell and John Gollings, 'City of Victory, Vijayanagara' (New York, 1991), p. 101 as a 'multi-domed watchtower'. Another copy of this print at Photo 1000 (314...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1868-1869
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 212/3(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/3(13)
Title:
Tinnevelly [Tirunelveli] Pagoda. The entrance gateway. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of temple gopura. 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 Fergusson, gives the following description of this photograph: 'L...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1867-1868
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 212/3(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/3(19)
Title:
Trichindoor [Tiruchendur] Pagoda. Distant view. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Head-on view of gopura of the Subrahmanya Temple, on the shore at Tiruchendur, with mandapa in front. 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 ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1867-1868
Extent:
1 item