Genre: Landscape Photography Caption notes read: 'On either side of the roadway there are open stalls or bazaars, where the tradesmen display their wares arranged in tiers of shelves, all within reach of the saleman, who sits ensconsed among them. Those of a trade generally flock together. Duri...
New Palace, side elevation, Mysore. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Architectural Photography Photographic copy of an architectural elevation of the Amba Vilas Palace. Print in poor condition due to off-setting from previous page. See note to print 73. Subjects = architectural drawings; Curzon Collection; Indian architecture; Indo-Saracenic; palaces
Genre: Landscape Photography Lake at left, dam and embankment in foreground. Caption notes read: 'Moti Talab, or lake of pearls, near the French Rocks, is formed by the embankmant carried across a gap between two hills which stems the water of the Yadava River. The bund is 78 cubits high, 150 l...
Kaveri Falls. - Bar Chukki, general view. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Landscape Photography Caption notes read: 'A project to utilise the power of the falls, for the production of electricity, is now in the course of execution and is calculated to supply the Kolar Gold Fields with 4,000 H.P. The works are expected to be completed in eighteen months at a co...
Genre: Architectural Photography View of part of the walls of the fort. Caption notes read: 'The breach, through which the troops effected an entrance on the memorable 4th May 1789, is preserved, unrepaired, a monument to British prowess. The ramparts on this face remain now as they were then, ...
Genre: Architectural Photography View from the garden looking towards the main façade of the Jagan Mohun Palace. Caption notes read: 'Is a lofty building with tall Ionic columns in the verandah, reaching to the second storey. It was built by Krishna Raja Wodeyar III, as an ornament to the town ...
Ayyankere or Dodda Madagakere. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Landscape Photography View looking across the artificial lake towards the Baba Budan Mountains. Subjects = artificial lakes; Curzon Collection; tanks; water supplies
Officers of the Imperial Service Regiment [Mysore State Troops]. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Portrait Photography Formal portrait of uniformed group. Second copy neg at B.5869. Subjects = Curzon Collection; Imperial Service Troops; Indian Army; military (general); state troops; uniforms