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1. Photo 212/3

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/3
Title:
Lyon Collection: Photographs to Illustrate the Ancient Architecture of Southern India, by Captain Lyon. [Vol. 3 of 7]. Photographer(s): Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Modern buckram-bound album measuring 520 x 455 mm, containing 41 albumen print views of temple and palace architecture at Srivilliputtur, Kalugumalai, Tirunelveli, Tiruchundur, Rameswaram, Ramnad, Kalaiyarkovil and Tirukoshtur.The prints are mounted on card, within a tinted border with the print...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1867-1868
Extent:
41 items

2. Photo 212/3(34)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/3(34)
Title:
Ramnad. The Palace. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking across the courtyard towards the main façade of the palace. Lyon's 'Notes to accompany a series of photographs prepared to illustrate the ancient architecture of Southern India' (Marion and Co., London, 1870), edited by James Fergusson, gives the fo...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1867-1868
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 212/3(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/3(3)
Title:
Streevelliputtur [Srivilliputtur]. The large Juggernaut car. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Numbered '333' in the negative. Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the massive, richly-carved wooden temple car of the Vatapatrashayi Temple. The European figure posed by one of the wheels may possibly be Lyon himself. Lyon's 'Notes to accompany a series of photograp...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1867-1868
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 212/3(35)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/3(35)
Title:
Troohootarasa Manghay Pagoda, near Ramnad. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of temple gopura. Another copy at Photo 1000 (2006). Lyon's letterpress identifies the temple as the 'Troohootarasa Manghay Pagoda', some six miles east of Ramnad. This is presumably the Tiruttarakosamangai of Robert Sewell's 'Lists of the antiquari...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1867-1868
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 212/3(36)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/3(36)
Title:
Troohootarasa Manghay Pagoda, near Ramnad. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of the gopura from inside the temple enclosure. See note on location at print 35. Lyon's 'Notes to accompany a series of photographs prepared to illustrate the ancient architecture of Southern India' (Marion and Co., London, 1870), edited by James Fergusson...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1867-1868
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 212/3(38)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/3(38)
Title:
Calliar Covill [Kalaiyarkovil]. The small gateway. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of the smaller temple gopura, seen at the right in print 37. Lyon's 'Notes to cccompany a series of photographs prepared to illustrate the ancient architecture of Southern India' (Marion and Co., London, 1870), edited by James Fergusson, gives the fol...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1867-1868
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 212/3(41)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/3(41)
Title:
Tircoostioor [Tirukoshtur]. Side entrance to temple. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of the small gopura above the entrance gateway to the temple, with the shrine beyond. Lyon's 'Notes to accompany a series of photographs prepared to illustrate the ancient architecture of Southern India' (Marion and Co., London, 1870), edited by James...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1867-1868
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 212/3(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/3(13)
Title:
Tinnevelly [Tirunelveli] Pagoda. The entrance gateway. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of temple gopura. Lyon's 'Notes to accompany a series of photographs prepared to illustrate the ancient architecture of Southern India' (Marion and Co., London, 1870), edited by James Fergusson, gives the following description of this photograph: 'L...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1867-1868
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 212/3(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/3(19)
Title:
Trichindoor [Tiruchendur] Pagoda. Distant view. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Head-on view of gopura of the Subrahmanya Temple, on the shore at Tiruchendur, with mandapa in front. Lyon's 'Notes to accompany a series of photographs prepared to illustrate the ancient architecture of Southern India' (Marion and Co., London, 1870), edited by ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1867-1868
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 212/3(40)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/3(40)
Title:
Tircoostioor [Tirukoshtur]. The tank and temple. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking across the tank towards a gopura and central shrine beyond. Lyon's 'Notes to accompany a series of photographs prepared to illustrate the ancient architecture of Southern India' (Marion and Co., London, 1870), edited by James Fergusson, gives the fo...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1867-1868
Extent:
1 item