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81. Photo 430/41(77)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/41(77)
Title:
Turbine pumping station, Vani Vilasa Water Works, Mysore. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
View of filter beds. Caption notes read: 'The filter beds are 4 in number; any three of them together are capable of filtering the quantity of water required by the inhabitants of the city.' Subjects = Curzon Collection; water supplies; waterworks
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1896
Extent:
1 item

82. Photo 430/41(26)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/41(26)
Title:
Chamundesvari Temple, Chamundi Hill, Mysore. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards temple gopura. Caption notes read: 'The temple is held in great veneration by the Maharajas of Mysore. It was built A.D. 1128, and the Maharaja, Krishna Raja Wodeyar III, repaird the shrine and furnished it with a tower in 1827, and in 1848 ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

83. Photo 430/41(97)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/41(97)
Title:
Hoysaleshvara Temple, Halebid, front view. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = Curzon Collection; Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Hindu); Indian sculpture; Indian sculpture (Hindu); temples
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

84. Photo 430/41(17)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/41(17)
Title:
Pupils attending Maharani's Girls' College, Mysore. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Formal group portrait, some sitters holding musical instruments. Captions notes read: 'The five senior young ladies are:- 1. A proficient in Muhammadan and Karnataka music; was selected to instruct H.H. the Maharani of Baroda and zenana ladies. 2. Is a first in Arts,...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

85. Photo 430/41(52)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/41(52)
Title:
Interior of Karikal Thotti Palace, Mysore. Photographer: Burahnudin, M.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Caption notes read: 'The room is at the extreme end of the Palace on the west. Its construction is in the Hindu style, with carved wooden pillars, spaced 10 feet every way, connected at top with arched carved panels, and roofed with ceiling planks. It is furnish...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

86. Photo 430/41(46)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/41(46)
Title:
Departure of Tipu's sons from the zenana [Seringapatam]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Photographic copy of a painting showing Tipu's two sons being given up as hostages to Lord Cornwallis in February 1792. Subjects = Curzon Collection; paintings and drawings
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

87. Photo 430/41(91)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/41(91)
Title:
View showing Chandragiri (small hill), and tank, Sravana Belgola. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking down onto the tank and onto the hill from which print 90 was taken. Caption notes read: 'The legend runs that Bhadrabahu, a guru of great sanctity, in consequence of a dreadful famine which he had predicted, led a large number of his followers south fro...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

88. Photo 430/41(25)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/41(25)
Title:
Somesvara Temple, Halasur, Bangalore. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of temple gopura. Caption notes read: 'The temple, with its imposing gopara, appears to have been erected by Kempe Gauda in about 1570 A.D. The story of its origin is that Kempe Gauda, fatigued by hunting, rested under a tree and fell asleep on the present ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

89. Photo 430/41(42)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/41(42)
Title:
Interior of the Darya Daulat, Seringapatam. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = Curzon Collection; Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Islamic); interiors; palaces
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

90. Photo 430/41(24)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/41(24)
Title:
Colossal figure of Nandi, Siva's bull, Chamundi Hill, Mysore, A.D. 1670. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Caption notes read: '...16 feet in height. It has been cut out of the solid rock, and, though the carving does not entitle it to be considered a work of art, yet, the gigantic size, the correct proportions, and the labour expended on it command admiration. The w...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item