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Photo 92/17(1)
- Record Id:
- 041-003046626
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003045119
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100025648519.0x001403
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 92/17(1)
- Title:
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Columns of the Peacock Palace used by the Kings or Priests. So called because the peacock formed the principal feature in its decoration [Anuradhapura]. Photographer: Lawton, Joseph
- Scope & Content:
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Genre: Architectural Photography
View of a collection of standing columns above a small mound. Geraldine Mitton has written in pencil beside the original caption: 'There is no history attached to this'. The structure is mentioned, however, in her 'Lost Cities of Ceylon' (London, 1916, p. 60): 'At the bazaar end, near the bo-tree, there are some ruins of antiquity actually among the houses, the so-called Peacock Palace, a collection of leaning columns and carved capitals, enclosed in barbed wire to keep them from desecration, being one. Nothing is known as to the origin of its decorative name, and it was obviously a vihara, or temple, and never a 'palace'.' The Peacock Palace is located just south-west of the Maha Vihare in H.C.P. Bell's map in 'First Report of the Archaeological Survey of Anuradhapura' (Government Printer, Colombo, 1890). A modern photograph of the site is also reproduced in the guide book by Rohan Gunaratna, 'Sri Lanka' (Bonechi, Florence, 1995), but without specific identification.
[Albumen print, signed 'Lawton' in the negative, 282x220mm].
Subjects = archaeological sites; Scott (Sir George) Collection; Sri Lankan architecture; Sri Lankan architecture (Buddhist); temples
Location = Anuradhapura; Ceylon; North Central Province; Sri Lanka
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003045119
040-003046625
041-003046626 - Is part of:
- Photo 92 : Sir James George Scott Collection: Photographs of Burma (particularly the Shan States). Photographer(s): Scott, James George
Photo 92/17 : Scott Collection: Photographs of the Ruined Cities of Ceylon. Photographer(s): Lawton, Joseph
Photo 92/17(1) : Columns of the Peacock Palace used by the Kings or Priests. So called because the peacock formed the principal feature in… - Hierarchy:
- 032-003045119[0016]/040-003046625[0001]/041-003046626
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 92
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Start Date:
- 1870
- End Date:
- 1871
- Date Range:
- 1870-1871
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Known
- Names:
- Lawton, Joseph
- Subjects:
- Peacock Palace (Anuradhapura)