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1501. Photo 92/16(35)

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Photo 92/16(35)
Title:
Carvings of images of dancers (stone) [Isurumuniya Temple, Anuradhapura]. Photographer: Lawton, Joseph
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of couple carved in light relief. Known as the 'Isurumuniya Lovers', the piece is now in the Isurumuniya Archaeological Museum at Anuradhapura. [Albumen print, signed 'Lawton' in the negative, 149x203mm]. Subjects = archaeological sites; Scott (Sir Georg...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870-1871
Extent:
1 item

1502. Photo 92/16(36)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/16(36)
Title:
Stone pillars at Issurummiya [Anuradhapura]. Photographer: Lawton, Joseph
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Close view, looking up towards the capitals of two pillars. [Albumen print, signed 'Lawton' in the negative, 147x198mm]. Subjects = archaeological sites; architectural elements; columns; rock-cut temples; Scott (Sir George) Collection; Sri Lankan architecture...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870-1871
Extent:
1 item

1503. Photo 92/16(37)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/16(37)
Title:
Part of the stone carvings of Dalada Maligawa (see 38). Vishnu Devalé No. 1 at Pollonarua. Photographer: Lawton, Joseph
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of attached columns and carving on face of one of the early Hindu temples uncovered in the jungle around Polonnaruwa. Popularly known as Dalada Maligawa (ie Temple of the Tooth Relic). [Albumen print]. Subjects = archaeological sites; Scott (Sir Ge...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870-1871
Extent:
1 item

1504. Photo 92/16(38)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/16(38)
Title:
North east entrance to Issurummiya [Anuardhapura]. Photographer: Lawton, Joseph
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the exterior, showing the same façade seen in print 33, but from a different angle. [Albumen print, 278x216mm]. Subjects = archaeological sites; rock-cut temples; Scott (Sir George) Collection; Sri Lankan architecture; Sri Lankan architecture ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870-1871
Extent:
1 item

1505. Photo 92/16(39)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/16(39)
Title:
Rock at Issurummiya. Mr Liesching in foreground. Photographer: Lawton, Joseph
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Louis Frederick Liesching, Government Agent, seated in front of a group of massive boulders, a shotgun resting in his lap. [Albumen print, 265x216mm]. Subjects = archaeological sites; Scott (Sir George) Collection Location = Anuradhapura; Ceylon; North Central ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870-1871
Extent:
1 item

1506. Photo 92/17

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/17
Title:
Scott Collection: Photographs of the Ruined Cities of Ceylon. Photographer(s): Lawton, Joseph
Scope & Content:
Green buckram and half-leather bound album measuring 335 x 420 mm. The binding is in poor condition, with cloth lifting owing to damp and boards partially detached. The prints, however, are in generally fair condition, most mounted one to a page (recto only), with captions written in neat copper...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870-1871
Extent:
36 items

1507. Photo 92/17(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/17(1)
Title:
Columns of the Peacock Palace used by the Kings or Priests. So called because the peacock formed the principal feature in its decoration [Anuradhapura]. Photographer: Lawton, Joseph
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of a collection of standing columns above a small mound. Geraldine Mitton has written in pencil beside the original caption: 'There is no history attached to this'. The structure is mentioned, however, in her 'Lost Cities of Ceylon' (London, 1916, p. 60): ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870-1871
Extent:
1 item

1508. Photo 92/17(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/17(2)
Title:
The Brazen Palace...Ruanveli Dagaba behind [Anuradhapura]. Photographer: Lawton, Joseph
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of the forest of standing pillars of the Brazen Palace or Lohapasada, with the Ruanveli Dagaba visible on the skyline in the background. The palace was so named from being roofed with copper tiles. The caption note reads in full: 'The Brazen Palace. These a...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870-1871
Extent:
1 item

1509. Photo 92/17(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/17(3)
Title:
Hetta Dage Vihare with ruins of the Bana Salara and Sat Mahal Prasada in the distance [Polonnaruwa]. Photographer: Lawton, Joseph
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View from the west looking towards the Sat Mahal Pasada, the square tiered structure possibly based on a Khmer model, which can be seen in the background partly obscured by a tree. In the right foreground are the uprights of the Nissamkalata Mandapa (presumably ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870-1871
Extent:
1 item

1510. Photo 92/17(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/17(4)
Title:
A stone canoe, probably used as a drinking trough for animals, elephants, cattle, etc. (used to contain offerings of rice). (Mr Smither the Government Architect is seated in the centre). Photographer: Lawton, Joseph
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of one of the massive stone troughs, standing among pillars, with Smither beside it. The 'canoes' stand to the south-west of the Jetawanarama Dagaba. James G. Smither, Government Architect, was the author of 'Architectural Remains, Anuradhapura, Ceylon' (Lo...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870-1871
Extent:
1 item