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Archive Reference (shelfmark) 7703.f.19, 9

1. 7703.f.19, 9

Reference (shelfmark):
7703.f.19, 9
Title:
Description of Buddhist remains discovered at Sooltangunge, on the River Ganges, 1862-63, by E. B. Harris, C.E. With photographic illustrations and plans and sections of the excavations. Photographer(s): Harris, Edward Brickell
Scope & Content:
Imprint: London: printed by A. Williams, 37 and 38, Royal Exchange. 1864. Quarto pamphlet, pp. 11, folding plan, bound in as item 9 in a volume entitled 'Archaeological tracts.' The text of the pamphlet describes Harris's excavations in 1862-63 of a Buddhist monastery site, discovered in the v...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1862-1863
Extent:
6 items

2. 7703.f.19, 9(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
7703.f.19, 9(1)
Title:
Front view of copper image. Photographer: Harris, Edward Brickell
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography Arched top. View of a more than lifesize standing image of the Buddha in copper and several smaller images. The European figure standing on the left is presumably Harris himself. The figure was discovered on 6 December 1862, during Harris's excavations of a Bud...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Dec 1862
Extent:
1 item

3. 7703.f.19, 9(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
7703.f.19, 9(2)
Title:
Side view of copper image. Photographer: Harris, Edward Brickell
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography Arched top. Side view of the copper Buddha image, also seen in print 1.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Dec 1862
Extent:
1 item

4. 7703.f.19, 9(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
7703.f.19, 9(3)
Title:
View of the excavations [at Sultanganj]. Photographer: Harris, Edward Brickell
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography Arched top. General view of the excavations made by Harris of the Buddhist site near the Sultanganj railway yard in 1862-63.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1862-1863
Extent:
1 item

5. 7703.f.19, 9(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
7703.f.19, 9(4)
Title:
Hindoo temple, Jehangeerah Rocks [Jahangira, near Sultanganj]. Photographer: Harris, Edward Brickell
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography A faded view, looking towards the Gobinath Temple on the summit of a large granite outcrop. At the base of the rock can be discerned the carvings seen in more detail in print 5. For a later view of the temple, see APAC Photo 1005/1 (73).
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1862-1863
Extent:
1 item

6. 7703.f.19, 9(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
7703.f.19, 9(5)
Title:
Enlarged view of part of No. 4 [viz., Rock carvings at base of granite outcrop at Jahangira, near Sultanganj]. Photographer: Harris, Edward Brickell
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography Close view of mainly 8th-century Hindu rock carvings at the base of the granite outcrop on which the Gobinath Temple stands (see print 4).
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1862
Extent:
1 item

7. 7703.f.19, 9(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
7703.f.19, 9(6)
Title:
Mahomadan mosque, Jehangeerah Rocks [Jahangira, near Sultanganj]. Photographer: Harris, Edward Brickell
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography View looking along the bank of the Ganges towards the mosque on a hill in the middle distance, with local boats moored at the water's edge in the foreground.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1862-1863
Extent:
1 item