Genre: Landscape Photography Distant view of the Malakshmi Temple, framed by foreground palms. Subjects = Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Hindu); temples
Nautch at Delhi. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Nautch dance in progress, with spectators seated round the performers in a courtyard, and women watching from a purdah gallery above. Subjects = dance; entertainers; nautches
Statue of the Queen, Bombay. Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
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Genre: Portrait Photography General view of Richard Noble's statue of Queen Victoria, showing her seated on a throne beneath a gothic canopy. A number of Parsi onlookers stand in the foreground. The statue was unveiled in 1872 and this photograph (which shows the monument surrounded by a makesh...
[View along Esplanade Road from] Rampart Row, Bombay. Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
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Genre: Landscape Photography View looking north along Esplanade Road from near the junction with Rampart Row. The large building on the left beyond the open ground is the Bombay Club. On the skyline at right is the tower of St Thomas's Cathedral. Subjects = British colonial architecture; club...
Cave of Elephanta. Colossal figures in the Linga Chapel. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = architectural elements; Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Hindu); Indian sculpture; Indian sculpture (Hindu); rock-cut temples; temples
Cave of Elephanta. [Shiva image]. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Architectural Photography Triple-headed scuplutre of Shiva on the wall of the Shiva Temple. Note European graffiti on the figures in this and the following print. A scribbled signature on the wall dated 19/4/70 supplies the earliest possible date for the photograph. Subjects = architec...