Photo 212/6(10)

Genre: Architectural Photography

Close-up detail of banded carved work and mouldings on east wall, with lathe-turned columns and pierced stone window openings above. Prints 10-13 show a series of details on the east wall. Another copy of this print at Photo 1000 (3108). 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: '460 - This and the three next views are representations of portions of the eastern facade of the porch. The same style of decoration extends round to the northern front, where the carvings are similar, though not in such good preservation. In these four views, the lower part, with the elephant frieze, is omitted, as is also the upper part of the windows, but they all show the lower scroll with the fringe-like cornice below it, which is as beautiful as anything to be found in India, and will in fact bear comparison with any architectural decoration to be found elsewhere, except in the best Greek styles.' Another copy at Photo 1000/(3108).