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Photo 1003(840)

Record Id:

040-003137290

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003136414

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100026192714.0x00036c

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100147943386.0x000001

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Photo 1003(840)

Title:

Sculpture fragments from Mathura. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik

Scope & Content:

Genre: Architectural Photography

Group of sculpture of female figures at the museum at Mathura. Described in A. Cunningham, 'Report of a tour in Eastern Rajputana in 1882-83' (A.S.I. vol. XX, Calcutta, 1885), p. 34: 'The sculptures exhumed have been collected together in a small local museum, which, though convenient for comaprison, is useless for information, as no record has been kept of the spots where the different objects were found...The actual find-spots are now unknown...The largest of these sculptures is unfortunately broken, but enough remains to show that it represents a royal Nagni or Queen of the Nagas, attended by five Nagnis. The figures are nearly life-size, and the sculpture must have occupied some prominent position where it could have been seen on all sides, as the back of it is completely carved with the trunk and branches of a great tree...' Pls. iii and iv are based on this photograph.

Collection Area:

Visual Arts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003136414
040-003137290

Is part of:

Photo 1003 : Archaeological Survey of India Collections: Indian Museum Series (Duplicates)

Photo 1003(840) : Sculpture fragments from Mathura. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik

Hierarchy:

032-003136414[0875]/040-003137290

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 1003

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 item

Digitised Content:

http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147943386.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)

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Languages:

Not applicable

Scripts:

Not applicable

Techniques:

Albumen Print
Photograph
Photographic Print
Silver Printing-Out Paper Print

Start Date:

1879

End Date:

1881

Date Range:

c 1880

Era:

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