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2641. Photo 1000/32(3239)

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Photo 1000/32(3239)
Title:
Close view of porch and entrance on south side of Hathi Singh's Temple, Ahmadabad. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Oblique view of porch, showing details of carved work on entrance arches and gallery above. India Museum no. 1482. Received from Captain Lyon 7 February 1871. 591. - On referring to Photograph 590 it will be seen that on the South side there are two Porches, on...
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Visual Arts
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Date Range:
1869
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1 item

2642. Photo 1000/32(3240)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/32(3240)
Title:
Close view of porch and entrance on north side of Hathi Singh's Temple, Ahmadabad. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography India Museum no. 1483. Received from Captain Lyon 7 February 1871. Duplicate print at Photo 1001 (3240). 592. - This view shows the outer wall of the temple, and the double and single porches on the North side in the same manner as No. 591 does on the South, on...
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Visual Arts
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Date Range:
1869
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1 item

2643. Photo 1000/32(3241)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/32(3241)
Title:
Temple car drawn by bullocks at Hathi Singh's Temple, Ahmadabad. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography India Museum no. 1484. Received from Captain Lyon 7 February 1871. Duplicate print at Photo 1001 (3241). For another, similar view of the carriage, see Photo 1001 (3241a). 593. - Shows the vehicle or 'eka' as it is called in which on feast days the God is place...
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Visual Arts
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Date Range:
1869
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2644. Photo 1000/32(3242)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/32(3242)
Title:
General view from the garden of Hathi Singh's Temple, Ahmadabad. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography India Museum no. 1485. Received from Captain Lyon 7 February 1871. 594. - Before leaving the building, a visit should be paid to the garden behind it, from which an excellent general view of the exterior is obtained, as here represented. To those who have not ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
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Date Range:
1869
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1 item

2645. Photo 1000/32(3243)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/32(3243)
Title:
Entrance gate of the Swami Narayan Temple, Ahmadabad. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of triple-arched gateway (two side arches bricked up), with temple mandapa visible beyond. India Museum no. 1486. Received from Captain Lyon 7 February 1871. Duplicate print at Photo 1001 (3243). 595. - Returning into the town the next visit should...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
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Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

2646. Photo 1000/32(3244)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/32(3244)
Title:
General view of the Swami Narayan Temple, Ahmadabad. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Mandapa in foreground, with sanctuary towers beyond. A mound of masonry and timber stands in the foreground. India Museum no. 1487. Received from Captain Lyon 7 February 1871. Duplicate print at Photo 1001 (3244). And variant print at Photo 1001 (3244a). 596. ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
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Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

2647. Photo 1000/32(3245)

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Photo 1000/32(3245)
Title:
Marble pavilion in the enclosure of the Swami Narayan Temple, Ahmadabad. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Chhatri or pavilion, with brackets in the form of carved figures. India Museum no. 1488. Received from Captain Lyon 7 February 1871. Duplicate print at Photo 1001 (3245), where the structure is named as the 'Stone bird chattri'. 597. - This little shrine is bui...
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Visual Arts
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Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

2648. Photo 1000/32(3246)

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Photo 1000/32(3246)
Title:
General view of Shaikh Hasan Muhammad Chishti's Mosque, Shahpur, Ahmadabad. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view from the south-east looking towards the two-storied façade, flanked by truncated minarets. Reproduced in collotype in James Burgess, 'The Muhammadan architecture of Ahmadabad' (Archaeological Survey of Western India, vol. 8, London, 1905), pl. 45. I...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
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Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

2649. Photo 1000/32(3247)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/32(3247)
Title:
Close view of Shaikh Hasan Muhammad Chishti's Mosque, Shahpur, Ahmadabad. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Close view from the south-east looking along the screen on arches of the east elevation, with the base of the south minaret in the foreground. The photograph is evidently composed to highlight the rich carved work on the minaret. India Museum no. 1490. Received ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
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Date Range:
1869
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1 item

2650. Photo 1000/32(3248)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/32(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. 8, London, 1905), pl. 24). In...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
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Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item