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Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 955(20)
Title:: Arcade on the inner side of the wall surrounding the Great Pagoda [Brihadishvara Temple, Thanjavur]. Photographer: Tripe, Linnaeus
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography Albumen print, 339 x 264 mm. Subjects = Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Hindu); printed books; temples; Tripe, 'Photographic views of Tanjore and Trivady' (1858)
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1858
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 955(2)
Title:: The monster gun of Tanjore. Photographer: Tripe, Linnaeus
Scope & Content:: View of the barrel of the massive cannon (length 24 feet 5 inches), with an Indian figure posed beside it to supply scale: 'It has received the name of Rajah Gopala, and as this is a name of Vishnu it may be inferred that it was made by one of the Vaishnava Nayakar kings. It certainly belongs to...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1858
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 955(9)
Title:: Sculptured figure on the entrance tower of the Great Pagoda [Brihadishvara Temple, Thanjavur]. Photographer: Tripe, Linnaeus
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of sculpture at the base of the gopura. Albumen print, 294 x 342 mm. Subjects = architectural elements; gopuras; Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Hindu); Indian sculpture; Indian sculpture (Hindu); printed books; temples; Tripe, 'Photographi...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1858
Extent:: 1 item

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