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Photo 179(5)
- Record Id:
- 040-003054873
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003054868
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100025702187.0x0001da
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 179(5)
- Title:
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The Burmese Pagoda, Eden Garden [Calcutta]. Photographer: Unknown
- Scope & Content:
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Genre: Architectural Photography
General view looking across the ornamental lake in the Eden Gardens towards the Burmese pagoda or pyatthat. The letterpress caption label pasted to reverse records the inscription inside the pagoda: 'The above specimen of Burmese ornamental architecture was removed from the city of Prome in the months of August and September, 1854, and reconstructed on this site in the months of October, November, and December, 1856.'
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003054868
040-003054873 - Is part of:
- Photo 179 : Portfolio of Calcutta Views. Photographer(s): Unknown
Photo 179(5) : The Burmese Pagoda, Eden Garden [Calcutta]. Photographer: Unknown - Hierarchy:
- 032-003054868[0005]/040-003054873
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 179
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Techniques:
- Albumen Print
Photograph
Photographic Print
Silver Printing-Out Paper Print - Start Date:
- 1871
- End Date:
- 1873
- Date Range:
- c 1872
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Appointment Required to view these records. Please consult Asian and African Studies Print Room staff.
- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 99 mm x 135 mm
Format: Loose
Secondary Support: Card
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Known
- Subjects:
- Architectural Elements
Architecture
Eden Gardens (Calcutta)
Gardens
Pagodas
Public Gardens
Pyatthats ( Burmese Tiered Roof)
Roofs
Towers - Places:
- Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal, India, Asia