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1. Photo 978(30b)

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Photo 978(30b)
Title:
Panduah. Sculptured figure. Photographer: Ravenshaw, John Henry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of sculptured architectural fragment: 'A curious sculptured figure in black hornblende, bearing somewhat the appearance of a Hindu god, lies apart from any ruin to which it could possibly have belonged.' [Woodburytype, 168x102mm]. Subjects = Indian...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 978(30a)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 978(30a)
Title:
Panduah. Stone capital. Photographer: Ravenshaw, John Henry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of stone capital lying on the ground: 'The interior of the residence of Nur Qutb Alam is in ruin, but contains several marble blocks, one of which, apparently the capital of a column, is six feet nine inches in diameter, and three feet six inches thic...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 978(31)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 978(31)
Title:
Panduah. Carved lintels. Photographer: Ravenshaw, John Henry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of carved pillars on ground. See note at print 30a. [Woodburytype, 176x177mm]. Subjects = Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Islamic); Indian sculpture; printed books; Ravenshaw, J.H., 'Gaur: its ruins and inscriptions' (1878); Woodburytypes...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 978(36)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 978(36)
Title:
Panduah. Ground Plan of Adinah Mosque [non-photographic].
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Ground plan of mosque. Subjects = architectural drawings; Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Islamic); mosques; non-photographic material; printed books; Ravenshaw, J.H., 'Gaur: its ruins and inscriptions' (1878) Location = India; Pandua (Maldah); Wes...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 978(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 978(4)
Title:
Gaur. Sadulpur Ghat. Photographer: Ravenshaw, John Henry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking across the Bhagirathi River towards the ghat, crowded with people on its stone steps. 'At a little more than a mile from the mosque, a bye path leads to the Bhagirathi River at Sadulapur Ghat, a place of peculiar sanctity to the Hindus. Throughut th...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 978(34)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 978(34)
Title:
Panduah. Eklakhi Mosque [Eklakhi Tomb]. Photographer: Ravenshaw, John Henry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards the decorative brick façade of the tomb; the dome is largely concealed by vegetation. 'Proceeding a short distance further on the road, we come upon the tomb of Sultan Ghiyauddin, known as the Eklakhi Mosque, and built of embossed bricks and...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 978(39)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 978(39)
Title:
Panduah. Transept - Adinah Mosque. Photographer: Ravenshaw, John Henry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of mosque interior: That part of the mosque which has been designated as the transept is in a very dilapidated state. The roof has fallen in, but its height must have been eighty feet, and a large tree which has sprung up on one side spreads its branches fa...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 978(23)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 978(23)
Title:
Gaur. Ornamental bricks. Photographer: Ravenshaw, John Henry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of five pieces of decorative brickwork mounted on a wooden panel: 'These specimens, so frequently mentioned in the foregoing pages as embossed bricks, will give a fair idea of the exterior ornamentation on most of the Gaur buildings. By a close examin...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 978(32)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 978(32)
Title:
Panduah. Golden Mosque [Qutb Shahi Mosque]. Photographer: Ravenshaw, John Henry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of east façade: 'North of Qutb's house stands a small but beautiful mosque, called the Sona Masjid, or Golden Mosque, built throughout of Hornblende. There is a courtyard traceable to the east with a massive gateway...' See also George Michell (ed.), 'The I...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 978(17)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 978(17)
Title:
Gaur. Tantipara Mosque. Photographer: Ravenshaw, John Henry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of façade, showing embossed decoration: 'A short mile from the minar we meet the government road, which carries us south to numerous other ruins, among which the Tantipara, or Weavers' Mosque, is perhaps the most conspicuous. It is half fallen down, but wha...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item