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831. Photo 1003(853)

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Photo 1003(853)
Title:
Fragment of the arch of a sculptured Jain torana (reverse side), from Mathura. Photographer: Smith, Edmund William
Scope & Content:
Drawing of this piece reproduced in Vincent A. Smith, 'The Jain Stupa and other antiquities of Mathura' (Allahabad, 1901), pl. 19: 'There is nothing in the sculptures of this torana to indicate whether the ceremony depicted was Jain or Buddhist; but the fact that the slabs were found not far fro...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s-1890s
Extent:
1 item

832. Photo 1003(855)

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Photo 1003(855)
Title:
General view of excavations of the Jain stupa at Kankali Tila, Mathura. Photographer: Smith, Edmund William
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking along excavated trench. Reproduced in photogravure in Vincent A. Smith, 'The Jain Stupa and other antiquities of Mathura' (Allahabad, 1901), pl. 2, where Smith comments that the photograph, 'in the absence of explanatory notes recorded at the time, ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1889
Extent:
1 item

833. Photo 1003(856)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(856)
Title:
View of the Jain stupa as excavated, Kankali Tila, Mathura. Photographer: Smith, Edmund William
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Reproduced in photogravure in Vincent A. Smith, 'The Jain Stupa and other antiquities of Mathura' (Allahabad, 1901), pl. 4.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1889
Extent:
1 item

834. Photo 1003(857)

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Photo 1003(857)
Title:
General view of the Jami Masjid, Mathura. Photographer: Caney, W.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view looking across the court towards the main façade of the mosque. The interiors of the three arches are decorated with encaustic tiling.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870s
Extent:
1 item

835. Photo 1003(858)

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Photo 1003(858)
Title:
Front view of an ancient inscribed statue, perhaps a yaksha, Parkham, Mathura District. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Parkham is situated between Agra and Mathura, about 14 miles from the latter. The statue is described in A. Cunningham, 'Report of a tour in Eastern Rajputana in 1882-83' (A.S.I. vol. XX, Calcutta, 1885), pp. 40-41: 'Parkham is remarkable for the possession of the oldest statue that has yet been...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

836. Photo 1003(859)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(859)
Title:
Rear view of an ancient inscribed statue, perhaps a yaksha, Parkham, Mathura District. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
See note at print 858. Reproduced as a lithograph in Cunningham, op. cit., pl. vi, right-hand side.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

837. Photo 1003(861)

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Photo 1003(861)
Title:
Fragment of an ancient statue of female figures, locally called Astabhuji (eight-armed), from Bihar, Partabgarh District. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
Scope & Content:
Described in A. Cunningham, 'Report of tours in the Gangetic Provinces from Badaon to Bihar, in 1875-76 and 1877-78' (A.S.I. vol. XI, Calcutta, 1880), pp. 64-67.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

838. Photo 1003(862)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(862)
Title:
Rear view of fragment of an ancient statue of female figures, locally called Astabhuji (eight-armed), from Bihar, Partabgarh District. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
Scope & Content:
See note at print 861.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

839. Photo 1003(863)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(863)
Title:
General view of the exterior of the Alai Darwaza, Delhi. Photographer: Caney, W.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

840. Photo 1003(864)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(864)
Title:
Arch on the north face of the Alai Darwaza, Delhi. Photographer: Caney, W.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

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