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531. Photo 125/3(55)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 125/3(55)
Title:
[View of the Gagan Mahal or durbar hall, Bijapur.] Photographer: Henry Hinton.
Scope & Content:
Photograph of the view of the Gagan Mahal or durbar hall in Bijapur. The Gagan Mahal or Heavenly Palace is the Assembly or Durbar Hall built by Ali Adil I in 1560. The facade is dominated by an immense arch, 20 metres long and 17 metres high, flanked by two narrow high archways. At the rear ther...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c. 1860
Extent:
1 item

532. Photo 125/3(57)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 125/3(57)
Title:
[View of the Chinch Diddi Mosque, Bijapur.] Photographer: Henry Hinton.
Scope & Content:
Inscribed N.5 in pencil on lower right corner of mount. The pencilled number identifies this print as one of a series of views with letterpress published by Henry Hinton and entitled The ruins of Beejapoor, in a series of nineteen views from collodion negatives (Printed by Thomas Graham: Bombay,...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c. 1860
Extent:
1 item

533. Photo 125/3(59)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 125/3(59)
Title:
[The Jor Gumbaz or Two Sisters Tombs, Bijapur.] Photographer: Henry Hinton.
Scope & Content:
Photograph of the Jor Gumbaz or Two Sisters Tombs in Bijapur. The octagonal building on the south is the tomb of Khan Muhammad. It is has doorways and lattice windows in each of its sides. The large square building is the tomb of the holy man, Abdul Razaq Qadir. Both tombs are very plain outside...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c. 1860
Extent:
1 item

534. Photo 125/3(62)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 125/3(62)
Title:
[Entrance gateway to the Taj Bauri, Bijapur.] Photographer: Henry Hinton.
Scope & Content:
Photograph of a view of the Mecca Gate in Bijapur. This is one of the five principal gates of Bijapur, situated to the west of the town. The gate has two massive circular towers with a doorway between, reinforced with spikes and studs and is protected by bastions and covered approaches.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c. 1860
Extent:
1 item

535. Photo 125/1(34)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 125/1(34)
Title:
[Right aisle door in Cave XXVI, Ajanta.] Photographer: Cousens, Henry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography For another copy, see India Office Series, Photo 1000/5 (521). Subjects = architectural elements; doorways; Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Buddhist); rock-cut temples; Temple Collection; temples
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880
Extent:
1 item

536. Photo 125/4(126)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 125/4(126)
Title:
Tomb, Taj, Agra. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = architectural elements; Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Islamic); interiors; lattice work; Temple Collection; tombs
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

537. Photo 125/1(27)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 125/1(27)
Title:
[Pilaster at right end of verandah, Cave XXIV, Ajanta.] Photographer: Cousens, Henry
Scope & Content:
Photograph of a pilaster at right end of verandah of Cave 24 at Ajanta, taken by Henry Cousens in the 1860s. The Buddhist cave temples of Ajanta were excavated into a horse-shoe shaped cliff overlooking the Waghora River in the 2nd – 1st century BC and later in the 5th century AD. Cave 24 was le...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880
Extent:
1 item

538. Photo 125/4(63)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 125/4(63)
Title:
[View of the Summer Palace in Peking before it was burnt by Allied Forces in October 1860.] Photographer: Beato, Felice
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Duplicate of Photo 353 (18). This is print No 43 in the China series of views listed in H. Hering's Photographic views and panoramas taken by Signor Beato: 'View of the Summer Palace, Yuen-Ming-Yuen, showing the Pagoda before the Burning, October, 1860'. Subje...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Oct 1860
Extent:
1 item

539. Photo 125/1(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 125/1(13)
Title:
[Interior of] Cave XIX, Ajanta. Photographer: Cousens, Henry
Scope & Content:
Photograph of Cave 19 at Ajanta. This cave contains a very well executed chaitya hall. The facade is dominated by a large horseshoe-shaped arched window. The interior is very elaborate and is divided into three aisles by two rows of columns. These have capitals adorned by Buddha figures, flying ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880
Extent:
1 item

540. Photo 125/1(20)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 125/1(20)
Title:
[Facade of Cave XIX, Ajanta.] Photographer: Cousens, Henry
Scope & Content:
Photograph of the facade of Cave 19, at Ajanta. The thirty magnificent cave temples of Ajanta are situated in a horse-shoe valley of the Waghora river in West India and consist of prayer halls (chaityas) and monasteries (viharas), built for the Buddhist community who lived there. The first group...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880
Extent:
1 item

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