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Photo 212/2(35)
- Record Id:
- 041-003056612
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003056534
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100025702187.0x0008a5
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100144469858.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 212/2(35)
- Title:
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Madura. The interior of the Tuncum. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
- Scope & Content:
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Genre: Architectural Photography
This view looks across the room, furnished in European style, and along a vista of cusped arches towards the window. At the right stands a European couple - presumably the judge of Madura and his wife - she seated at a spinet, he standing behind. The judge at Madurai in 1868 was Edward Croft Greenway Thomas (b.1829). Lyon's 'Notes to accompany a series of photographs prepared to illustrate the ancient architecture of southern India' (Marion and Co., London, 1870), edited by James Fergusson, gives the following description of this photograph: '325 - represents the interior of a building called the Tuncum, situated outside the town on the opposite side of the river; it is called the 'Tuncum,' and was built by Trimul Nayak in 1630 for witnessing cock-fights. It was in 1868 occupied by the Judge of Madura.' Another copy at Photo 1000/29(2975). For a view of the exterior of the building, see Photo 953/1 (5).
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003056534
040-003056577
041-003056612 - Is part of:
- Photo 212 : Photographs to Illustrate the Ancient Architecture of Southern India (in 7 volumes). Photographer(s): Lyon, Edmund David
Photo 212/2 : Lyon Collection: Photographs to Illustrate the Ancient Architecture of Southern India, by Captain Lyon. Nos. 291-330 [Vol. 2 of…
Photo 212/2(35) : Madura. The interior of the Tuncum. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David - Hierarchy:
- 032-003056534[0002]/040-003056577[0035]/041-003056612
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 212
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100144469858.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-

- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Techniques:
- Albumen Print
Photograph
Photographic Print
Silver Printing-Out Paper Print - Start Date:
- 1867
- End Date:
- 1868
- Date Range:
- 1867-1868
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 229 mm x 275 mm
Format: Bound in Volume
Secondary Support: Card
- Former External References:
- 325
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Known
- Names:
- Lyon, Edmund David, Captain, British Army officer and photographer in India, 1825-1891
Thomas, Edward Croft Greenway, b 1829 - Subjects:
- Architectural Types
Architecture
Chairs
Dwellings
Furnishings
Furniture
Houses
Interiors
Keyboard Instruments
Musical Instruments
Tables
Tuncum (Madurai) - Places:
- Madurai, Tamil Nādu, India
- Related Material:
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Original negative held