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1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. Photo 212/7(18)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/7(18)
Title:
Ruins of Vijianuggur [Vijayanagara] near Humpee [Hampi]. The Vigiavittaldover or temples near the River Tumboodra [Tungabhadra]. Tower and porticoes at entrance. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of the entrance gopura of the Vitthala Temple, with lamp column in right foreground. Another copy of this print at Photo 1000 (3156). Lyon's 'Notes to accompany a series of photographs prepared to illustrate the ancient architecture of Southern India' (Mari...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1868-1869
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 212/7(24)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/7(24)
Title:
Ruins of Vijianuggur [Vijayanagara] near Humpee [Hampi]. The Vigiavittaldover or temples near the River Tumboodra [Tungabhadra]. The stone car. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of the temple car or ratha, carved out of granite in the form of a miniature shrine, in the court of the Vitthala Temple. The car is also seen in print 19. Another copy of this print at Photo 1000 (3162). Lyon's 'Notes to accompany a series of photogr...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1868-1869
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 212/7(34)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/7(34)
Title:
Tarputry [Tadpatri]. Temple in ruins near the river. Entrance to the temple on the north side. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Numbered '524' in the negative. Genre: Architectural Photography View of the passage through the gopura of the Ramalingeshvara Temple, showing sculptural detail of the inner face, with the River Penner glimpsed beyond; with a figure of Ganga at the base of the central pillar. Anot...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1868-1869
Extent:
1 item