Tinnevelly [Tirunelveli] Pagoda. The entrance gateway. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
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Genre: Architectural Photography General view of temple gopura. Received from Captain Lyon, 5th May 1871. India Museum no. 1233. Duplicate at Photo 212/3 (13).
Tircoostioor [Tirukoshtur]. Side entrance to temple. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
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Genre: Architectural Photography 'This photograph shows the side entrance to the same temple. It is more than usually interesting, as it is one of the few examples in the South of India where the temple itself is the principal object. Here and at Tanjore the pyramid erected over the sanctuary r...
Tanjore Palace. View from the street. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
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Genre: Architectural Photography Oblique view along the street façade of the palace. Received from Captain Lyon, 5th May 1871. India Museum no. 1291. Duplicate at Photo 212/4 (32).
Tanjore Palace. Curious pyramidal tower. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
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Genre: Architectural Photography View from courtyard looking towards pyramidal superstructure rising above main residential block of the palace. Received from Captain Lyon, 5th May 1871. India Museum no. 1297. Duplicate at Photo 212/4 (38).
The Dutch tombs at Surat. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
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Genre: Architectural Photography General view of a group of tombs. The massive mausoleum on the left is that of Adriaan van Reede (d. 1691), chief of the Dutch factory and author of 'Hortus Malabaricus'. It was the celebrated magnificence of these tombs which had inspired the architect Sir John...
Interior of the Jami Masjid, Ahmadabad. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
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Genre: Architectural Photography Interior of the mosque, taken from directly beneath the arch of the iwan. India Museum no. 1463. Received from Captain Lyon 7 February 1871. Duplicate print at Photo 1001 (3220). Lyon supplies the following description in his 'Notes to accompany a series of pho...
Entrance to Buddhist rock-cut vihara, Patur, Akola District. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Architectural Photography Similar to print 3317, but a slightly more distant view, with the entrance to the vihara in shadow. India Museum no. 1568.
Genre: Landscape Photography A pottery at Yenangyaung, with thatched buildings and a pile of chatties or round earthenware pots lying in the foreground. Letterpress continues: 'Petroleum is exported from Ye-nan-gyoung (whence its name river of fetid water) in pots such as represented above'. A ...