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Photo 978(21)
- Record Id:
- 040-003298881
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003298859
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028276000.0x0006a4
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100145174281.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 978(21)
- Title:
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Gaur. Small Golden Mosque [Chota Sona Masjid]. East View. Photographer: Ravenshaw, John Henry
- Scope & Content:
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Genre: Architectural Photography
General view of façade, largely covered in vegetation: 'South-east of the endowment, and about half a mile distant, stands the Small Golden Mosque, which is in better preservation than most of the Gaur ruins. It might be termed the gem of Gaur. The courtyard, however, is entirely demolished, a road now passing through it. The mosque is oblong in form and covered with fifteen domes, supported on massive hornblende pillars, of which substance the entire mosque is constructed. The exterior facings are chased with the most elegant and elaborate designs, while the interior is beautifully chiselled on all sides...' Much of this exterior decoration has now gone (see George Michell (ed.), 'The Islamic Heritage of Bengal' (UNESCO, 1984, p. 69)).
[Woodburytype, 240x187mm].
Subjects = Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Islamic); mosques; printed books; Ravenshaw, J.H., 'Gaur: its ruins and inscriptions' (1878); Woodburytypes
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003298859
040-003298881 - Is part of:
- Photo 978 : Gaur: its ruins and inscriptions. By the late John Henry Ravenshaw, B.C.S. Edited, with considerable additions and alterations, by…
Photo 978(21) : Gaur. Small Golden Mosque [Chota Sona Masjid]. East View. Photographer: Ravenshaw, John Henry - Hierarchy:
- 032-003298859[0022]/040-003298881
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 978
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100145174281.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Start Date:
- 1860
- End Date:
- 1869
- Date Range:
- 1860s
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)