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Photo 40(146)
- Record Id:
- 040-003042415
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003042269
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100025648519.0x000390
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100144556395.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 40(146)
- Title:
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[General view from the left of the façade of the Indra Sabha Jain Cave Temple (Cave XXXII), Ellora, before the pillar fell.] Photographer: Johnston, J.
- Scope & Content:
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Genre: Architectural Photography
View looking towards entrance gateway, with European figure standing in front, with the temple and column in the enclosure beyond. Reproduced in collotype in James Burgess, 'Archaeological Survey of Western India. Report on the Elura Cave Temples and Brahmanical and Jaina Caves in Western India...1877-78, 1878-79, 1879-80' (vol 5, London, 1883), pl.6: 'The accompanying autotype plate vi is a view taken in 1874, before the monolithic column in the west side of the court fell over, and shows the gateway, the mandapa in the court and the pillar, with portions of the façade behind them.' (p.45). This print has the pencilled note on the reverse, 'Indra Sabha Autotype p. 32'. See also print 142, taken after the collapse of the pillar. Another copy of this print at Photo 1000/6 (708).
Subjects = Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Jain); rock-cut temples; temples
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003042269
040-003042415 - Is part of:
- Photo 40 : Photographs of the Ellora Caves. Photographer(s): Cousens, Henry
Photo 40(146) : [General view from the left of the façade of the Indra Sabha Jain Cave Temple (Cave XXXII), Ellora, before the pillar… - Hierarchy:
- 032-003042269[0146]/040-003042415
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 40
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100144556395.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Techniques:
- Albumen Print
Photograph
Photographic Print
Silver Printing-Out Paper Print - Start Date:
- 1874
- End Date:
- 1874
- Date Range:
- 1874
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Format: Bound in Volume
Secondary Support: Card
- Former External References:
- 456
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Known