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Photo 101(29)

Record Id:

040-003047553

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003047524

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100025648639.0x000066

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100137775886.0x000001

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Photo 101(29)

Title:

View from the Lake [Naini Tal]. Photographer: Murray, John

Scope & Content:

Photograph of the lake in Naini Tal from the Murray Collection: 'Photographic views in Agra and its vicinity', taken by John Murray in 1855. The Kumaon Hills had come under British rule after the Nepal War (1814-16) but the hill station town of Naini Tal was only founded in 1841. It became a sanitorium and resort, both for soldiers and those wishing to escape the heat of the plains. Later it became the summer residence for the Governor of the United Provinces. Government House was built in 1899 by F.W.Stevens who also built many Gothic buildings in Bombay. The Naini Devi Temple is situated at the northern end of the eye-shaped lake, which gives the resort its name, and is one of the 64 peethas or pilgrimage sites sacred to Sati (Shakti), Shiva's wife, because her eye is believed to have fallen to earth on that spot.

Collection Area:

Visual Arts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003047524
040-003047553

Is part of:

Photo 101 : Murray Collection: 'Photographic views in Agra and its vicinity'. Photographer(s): Murray, John

Photo 101(29) : View from the Lake [Naini Tal]. Photographer: Murray, John

Hierarchy:

032-003047524[0029]/040-003047553

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 101

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 item

Digitised Content:

http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100137775886.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)

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Languages:

Not applicable

Scripts:

Not applicable

Techniques:

Photograph
Photographic Print
Salted Paper Print
Salted Paper Print From Calotype Negative
Silver Printing-Out Paper Print

Start Date:

1853

End Date:

1856

Date Range:

Mid-1850s

Era:

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