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451. Photo 146/1(349)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(349)
Title:
Remains of Jain Temple. Bhatkal, The North Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, T.W.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography The Jains were formerly in some strength here, and one of their temples still stands, though abandoned. Remains of others (such as this carved column in a Moslem’s back yard) are scattered around the vicinity. Now a small and rather squalid townlet was form...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

452. Photo 146/1(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(9)
Title:
Medows Street, Fort, the business quarter within the walls of old Bombay. In the 1860s this particular building was the offices of The Bo: Steam Navgn: Company. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Formerly redoubt of the East India Company on Old Woman’s Island (Colaba) commanding a creek running from the harbour into Back Bay. Later Colaba Causeway linked the island with Bombay proper. Later again the whole channel was filled in and much land reclaimed h...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

453. Photo 146/1(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(10)
Title:
Behind the Wesleyan Church, Colaba Causeway, where the steps led down to the ferry between the Fort and Old Woman's Island. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Formerly redoubt of the East India Company on Old Woman’s Island (Colaba) commanding a creek running from the harbour into Back Bay. Later Colaba Causeway linked the island with Bombay proper. Later again the whole channel was filled in and much land reclaimed h...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

454. Photo 146/1(40)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(40)
Title:
Bombay Harbour, Island of Karanja, all that is left of the lower gateway of the hill fort of Karanja. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
Scope & Content:
The precipitous sides of the hill were ramparts in themselves. Most of the masonry has been undermined by the storm and heat and rolled down the slope. The British found it of no defensive or administrative value and let time take its toll.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

455. Photo 146/1(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(4)
Title:
Sunk Rock Lighthouse. Isolated rock awash at low tide. Ship Royal Admiral wrecked here. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Bombay Harbour. The South-West Prongs - a wave swept lightghthouse is over a mile from Colaba Point and accessible over the rocks only at low tide. It is still not sited at the extremity of the shore. Completed in March 1874, its cost was computed at only the va...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

456. Photo 146/1(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(5)
Title:
The Dolphin. An unattended light off the Gateway of India. Yacht Club and Government Dockyard in the background. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Bombay Harbour. The South-West Prongs - a wave swept lightghthouse is over a mile from Colaba Point and accessible over the rocks only at low tide. It is still not sited at the extremity of the shore. Completed in March 1874, its cost was computed at only the va...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

457. Photo 146/1(127)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(127)
Title:
Boria Head, The Konkun Coast. A shrine to Durga Devi, Goddess of Famine. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
Scope & Content:
Boria Pagoda. So named in current charts though the shrine in the picture does not deserve that description, but it is very improbable that any sailor has ever seen it at close quarters.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

458. Photo 146/1(277)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(277)
Title:
Sunkeri Church at Old Karwar, a mile or two upriver from Sadashevgad. The North Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography It is close by the site where the English factory once stood, as one old account describes it - "a stately mansion", but there is now no trace of it. When after many vicissitudes and armed conflicts with the Soonda rajah, the Hon'ble Company withdrew they presen...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

459. Photo 146/1(369)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(369)
Title:
Bednore Fort, main gateway of unhappy and tragic memory. The North Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, T.W.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography About 50 miles from Kundapure. In Tipu Sultan's dominions. Now in Mysore State.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

460. Photo 146/1(166)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(166)
Title:
Ratnagiri, The Konkun Coast. Inscription on the tomb of King Theebaw. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
Scope & Content:
Theebaw, King of Lower Burma, was brought here in exile in 1886, and died here in 1916. With him came his two queens, his daughters, and an extensive and picturesque suite. The latter in time all drifted away, and at the end, only locally engaged staff were employed. The senior queen died first,...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item