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1. Photo 212

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212
Title:
Photographs to Illustrate the Ancient Architecture of Southern India (in 7 volumes). Photographer(s): Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Collection of architectural photographs of Southern India in seven volumes, commissioned by the Government of Madras in 1867. The photographs are also included in the India Office Series (Photo 1000), and the original negatives for most are also held in the British Library Collections.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1867-1868
Extent:
Unspecified

2. Photo 212/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/1
Title:
Lyon Collection: Photographs to Illustrate the Ancient Architecture of Southern India, by Captain Lyon. [Vol 1 of 7]. Photographer(s): Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Modern buckram-bound album measuring 520 x 455 mm, containing 41 albumen print views of architecture at Trichinopoly, Shrirangam and Madurai. 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 assigned...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1867-1868
Extent:
41 items

3. 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

4. Photo 212/3

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/3
Title:
Lyon Collection: Photographs to Illustrate the Ancient Architecture of Southern India, by Captain Lyon. [Vol. 3 of 7]. Photographer(s): Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Modern buckram-bound album measuring 520 x 455 mm, containing 41 albumen print views of temple and palace architecture at Srivilliputtur, Kalugumalai, Tirunelveli, Tiruchundur, Rameswaram, Ramnad, Kalaiyarkovil and Tirukoshtur.The prints are mounted on card, within a tinted border with the print...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1867-1868
Extent:
41 items

5. Photo 212/4

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/4
Title:
Photographs to Illustrate the Ancient Architecture of Southern India, by Captain Lyon. Nos. 370 to 407 [Vol. 4 of 7]. Photographer(s): Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Modern buckram-bound album measuring 520 x 455 mm, containing 38 albumen print views of architecture at Avadaiyarkoil, Pudukkottai and Thanjavur. 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 assi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1867-1868
Extent:
38 items

6. Photo 212/5

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/5
Title:
Lyon Collection: Photographs to Illustrate the Ancient Architecture of Southern India, by Captain Lyon. Nos. 408 to 450 [Vol. 5 of 7]. Photographer(s): Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Modern buckram-bound album measuring 520 x 455 mm, containing 44 albumen prints mounted one to a page on card leaves (recto only). The prints are laid down within a tinted border, the bottom of each bearing the legend, 'India by Captain Lyon.' The photographs are listed on the handwritten title-...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1868
Extent:
44 items

7. Photo 212/6

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/6
Title:
Lyon Collection: Photographs to Illustrate the Ancient Architecture of Southern India, by Captain Lyon. Nos. 451 to 490 [Vol. 6 of 7]. Photographer(s): Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Modern buckram-bound volume measuring 520 x 455 mm, containing 40 albumen prints of architectural views and sculptural details at Seringapatam, Sravana Belgola, Belur, Halebid and Vijayanagara.The prints are mounted on card, within a tinted border with the printed legend, 'India by Captain Lyon....
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1867-1868
Extent:
40 items

8. Photo 212/7

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/7
Title:
Lyon Collection: Photographs to Illustrate the Ancient Architecture of Southern India, by Captain Lyon. Nos. 491 to 567 [Vol. 7 of 7]. Photographer(s): Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Modern buckram-bound album measuring 520 x 455 mm, containing 38 albumen prints mounted one to a page on card leaves (recto only). The prints are laid down within a tinted border, the bottom of each bearing the legend, 'India by Captain Lyon.' The photographs are listed on the handwritten title-...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1868-1869
Extent:
38 items

9. Photo 212/7(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/7(1)
Title:
Ruins of Vijianuggur [Vijayanagara] near Calamapoor [Kamalapuram]. A small ruined temple called the Volkonda [Ramachandra]. The northern face. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of part of the facade and mandapa of the Ramachandra Temple, showing sculptured panels. Another copy of this print at Photo 1000 (3139). Lyon's 'Notes to accompany a series of photographs prepared to illustrate the ancient architecture of Southern India' (M...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1867-1868
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 212/7(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/7(7)
Title:
Ruins of Vijianuggur [Vijayanagara] near Calamapoor [Kamalapuram]. Large monolithic trough. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
View of the massive stone drinking trough for elephants, 41 feet long and hollowed out of a single block of rock. Another copy of this print at Photo 1000 (3145). 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:
1868-1869
Extent:
1 item