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41. Photo 27(52)

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Photo 27(52)
Title:
[Sanctum of the Minakshi Sundareshvara temple, Madurai.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Subjects = architectural elements; Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Hindu); interiors; lingas; shrines; temples
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

42. Photo 27(104)

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Photo 27(104)
Title:
Great Arch and Iron Pillar, Delhi. Photographer: Rust, Thomas A.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view with pillar in foreground framed by archway (part of the Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque) beyond. The iron pillar dates from the Gupta period. Subjects = architectural elements; columns; Indian architecture; mosques Location = Delhi; Delhi (Qutb); India
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

43. Photo 27(23)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 27(23)
Title:
Amir Sher Ali. Photographer: Baker and Burke
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Half-length seated portrait in profile, wearing a black woollen hat, an elaborately patterned coat and grasping a sword in his right hand. A portrait taken on the same occasion as print 24 (qv), and almost certainly the photograph referred to in Baker & Burke's 1...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

44. Photo 27(36)

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Photo 27(36)
Title:
Curious figures on bas-relief, [Brihadishvara Temple], Tanjore. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of carved figures at base of the west facade of the vimana of the Brihadishvara Temple at Thanjavur. Subjects = architectural elements; Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Hindu); Indian sculpture; Indian sculpture (Hindu); temples; vimanas (t...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

45. Photo 27(67)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 27(67)
Title:
[Unidentified temple ruins, South India, ?Madurai.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Hindu); temples; unidentified
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

46. Photo 27(44)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 27(44)
Title:
[Sculpture in the Sheshagirirayar mandapa, Ranganatha temple, Srirangam.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Detailed close-up view of sculpture of rearing horses and figures in the horse mandapa on the east side of the temple. Subjects = architectural elements; Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Hindu); Indian sculpture; Indian sculpture (Hindu); mandapas; te...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

47. Photo 27(108)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 27(108)
Title:
Carving on ancient brick tower, Sarnath, nr Benares. Photographer: Rust, Thomas A.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Detail of carving on the Dhamekh stupa at Sarnath. Subjects = architectural elements; Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Buddhist); stone carving; stupas Location = India; Sarnath; Uttar Pradesh
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

48. Photo 27(85)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 27(85)
Title:
The Cathedral, Calcutta. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = British colonial architecture; churches; European architecture in India
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1867
Extent:
1 item

49. Photo 27(60)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 27(60)
Title:
[General view of the rathas at Mamallapuram]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view from the south-west of the 'Pancha Rathas', uncompleted temple-like monoliths that have been compared to mobile shrines or chariots (rathas). In the foreground is Dharmaraja ratha, with the Bhima ratha beyond. In the background, extreme left, is the...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

50. Photo 27(63)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 27(63)
Title:
[Draupadi ratha and Arjuna ratha, Mamallapuram.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View from the west of the two northernmost of the Pancha Rathas, on the left the Draupadi ratha, with curved, hut-like roof and female guardians between pilasters on each side of the doorway; on the right, the Arjuna ratha, similar in form to the Dharmaraja rath...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item