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81. Photo 27(41)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 27(41)
Title:
[General view of the Ranganatha temple at Srirangam.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of the temple complex from the south. Subjects = architectural elements; gopuras; Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Hindu); temples
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

82. Photo 27(42)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 27(42)
Title:
[East facade of Vellai gopura, Ranganatha temple, Sriringam.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = architectural elements; gopuras; Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Hindu); temples
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

83. Photo 27(45)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 27(45)
Title:
[Southern entrance gateway to the Ranganatha temple, Srirangam.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view (base only) of the entrance gateway to the temple complex. The pyramid was not built. Print 41 was probably photographed from the top of this structure. Subjects = Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Hindu); temples
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

84. Photo 27(26)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 27(26)
Title:
Pakhpu of Khalistan, upper course of Tiznaf River, Yarkand. Photographer: Chapman, Edward Francis
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Two men squatting in front of a tent. This photograph also appears as print 20 from Forsyth's Report (see preceding print, which shows the same figures) and is there titled 'Men of the Pakpoo tribe living in the Valleys bordering that of the Tisnaf River'. Sub...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1873
Extent:
1 item

85. Photo 27(35)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 27(35)
Title:
[Detail of the vimana or great tower of the Brihadishvara Temple, Tanjore.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of sculpture on the lower stories of the vimana of the Brihadishvara Temple. Subjects = architectural elements; Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Hindu); Indian sculpture; Indian sculpture (Hindu); temples; vimanas (towered sanctuaries)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

86. Photo 27(74)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 27(74)
Title:
South face of outer 'Chowk', Man Mandir, Gwalior Fort. Photographer: Dayal, Deen
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = forts; Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Hindu); palaces
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1882
Extent:
1 item

87. Photo 27(25)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 27(25)
Title:
[Men of the Pakpoo Tribe, Tiznap River, south-west China]. Photographer: Chapman, Edward Francis
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Portrait of two squatting figures. This photograph also appears as plate 21 of Sir Thomas Forsyth's 'Report of a mission to Yarkund in 1873' (Calcutta, 1875), which is illustrated with 102 original tipped-in prints and describes the mission sent to Yarkand for ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1873
Extent:
1 item

88. Photo 27(30)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 27(30)
Title:
[Portrait of Salar Jang, Prime Minister of Hyderabad.] Photographer: Nixon, H. J.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length seated studio portrait of Sir Salar Jang (1829-1883), Prime Minister of Hyderabad 1853-83, wearing a long velvet coat with frogging. His right arm rests on a heavy bookcase containing a set of 'Encyclopaedia Britannica.' Another copy of this print can be ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

89. Photo 27(34)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 27(34)
Title:
The Great Tower over the chief shrine of the Temple, Tanjore. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view looking towards the massive vimana of the Chola period Brihadishvara Temple at Tanjore (modern Thanjavur). Subjects = architectural elements; Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Hindu); temples; vimanas (towered sanctuaries)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

90. Photo 27(91)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 27(91)
Title:
General view of Darjeeling, showing the Snowy Range, 40 miles distant, as seen from St Paul's School. Photographer: Doyle, John H.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography General view overlooking the town, looking north towards Sikkim and the Himalayas, with the peak of Kanchenjunga visible in the far distance. Subjects = hill stations; mountain scenery Location = Darjeeling; Darjiling; Himalayas; India; West Bengal
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item