Photograph of the Jagdish Temple from the 'Reading Collection: Views of Udaipur taken by an unknown photographer c.1910. Udaipur's Jagdish Temple (c.1651) "was built in the traditional style, but the figural sculpture on the walls shows a radical departure from the past. Instead of the thousand-...
Photograph of Victoria Hall from the 'Reading Collection: Views of Udaipur' taken by an unknown photographer c.1910. This general view shows the front elevation with a statue of Queen Victoria in front of the building. In his ‘Handbook of Meywar’ published in 1888, Fateh Lal Metha wrote: “This h...
Entrance hall, Viceregal Lodge [Simla]. Photographer: Bremner, Frederick
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Genre: Architectural Photography Looking towards the staircase, showing the teak-panelled walls and pillars. Part of the Viceregal howdah can be seen at the left of the print. Subjects = British colonial architecture; European architecture in India; government houses; interiors; Reading Colle...
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the main facade of the Faluknama Palace, built in classical style on a hill overlooking the city. Constructed in 1872 as the private residence of a prominent businessman, and later purchased by the Nizam, it was little used except as a guest hous...
Genre: Landscape Photography Looking along a street towards the Char Minar, a square building with four massive angle towers built at the end of the 16th century and forming a sort of triumphal arch over the roadway which passes beneath the building. Upper stories apparently once used as a coll...
State Railways Offices [Baroda]. Photographer: Maganlal and Sons, P.
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Genre: Architectural Photography General exterior view of the brick-built offices of the Baroda State Railway. A plaque over the entrance gives the date of construction as 1921. Subjects = Anglo-Indian architecture; Baroda State Railway; railway companies; railway offices; railways; Reading C...