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Photo 92/17(2)
- Record Id:
- 041-003046627
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003045119
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100025648519.0x001404
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 92/17(2)
- Title:
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The Brazen Palace...Ruanveli Dagaba behind [Anuradhapura]. Photographer: Lawton, Joseph
- Scope & Content:
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Genre: Architectural Photography
View of the forest of standing pillars of the Brazen Palace or Lohapasada, with the Ruanveli Dagaba visible on the skyline in the background. The palace was so named from being roofed with copper tiles. The caption note reads in full: 'The Brazen Palace. These are the remains of a palace inhabited by Buddhist priests in attendance at the various shrines and temples in the city. It was supported by 1600 pillars of carved stone. The roof was of brass and it was nine stories high. There were golden lions on the pillars, and was otherwise magnificently decorated. The pillars are now out of position from a variety of causes. Ruanveli dagaba behind.' A note in Geraldine Mitton's hand reads: '1600 columns of the [Brazen Palace] built by Dutugemunu in the first century BC, for the monks at the Sacred Bo-tree.'
[Albumen print, 282x216mm].
Subjects = archaeological sites; palaces; Scott (Sir George) Collection; Sri Lankan architecture; Sri Lankan architecture (Buddhist)
Location = Anuradhapura; Ceylon; North Central Province; Sri Lanka
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003045119
040-003046625
041-003046627 - 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(2) : The Brazen Palace...Ruanveli Dagaba behind [Anuradhapura]. Photographer: Lawton, Joseph - Hierarchy:
- 032-003045119[0016]/040-003046625[0002]/041-003046627
- 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:
- Brazen Palace (Anuradhapura)