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Photo 212/7(24)

Record Id:
041-003056809
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-003056534
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100025702187.0x00096a
LARK:
SLARK:
Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/7(24)
Title:

Ruins of Vijianuggur [Vijayanagara] near Humpee [Hampi]. The Vigiavittaldover or temples near the River Tumboodra [Tungabhadra]. The stone car. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David

Scope & Content:

Genre: Architectural Photography

Close view of the temple car or ratha, carved out of granite in the form of a miniature shrine, in the court of the Vitthala Temple. The car is also seen in print 19. Another copy of this print at Photo 1000 (3162). 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: '514 - Between this Temple of Witoba and the other small temple, as seen in 508, stands the Stone Car represented in this Photograph. The base is of one stone, well carved, and the interior is hollowed out. The top is of brick, the wheels are also of stone, and are made to turn on their axes. The height of the whole is about 20 feet, but it is usually so buried in jungle that it is difficult to examine it properly.'

Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-003056534
040-003056785
041-003056809
Is part of:
Photo 212 : Photographs to Illustrate the Ancient Architecture of Southern India (in 7 volumes). Photographer(s): Lyon, Edmund David
Photo 212/7 : Lyon Collection: Photographs to Illustrate the Ancient Architecture of Southern India, by Captain Lyon. Nos. 491 to 567 [Vol. 7 of…

 

Photo 212/7(24) : Ruins of Vijianuggur [Vijayanagara] near Humpee [Hampi]. The Vigiavittaldover or temples near the River Tumboodra [Tungabhadra].…
Hierarchy:
032-003056534[0007]/040-003056785[0024]/041-003056809
Container:
View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 212
Record Type (Level):
Item
Extent:
1 item
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Not applicable
Scripts:
Not applicable
Techniques:
Albumen Print
Photograph
Photographic Print
Silver Printing-Out Paper Print
Start Date:
1868
End Date:
1869
Date Range:
1868-1869
Era:
CE
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Physical Characteristics:

Dimensions: 286 mm x 238 mm

Format: Bound in Volume

Secondary Support: Card

Former External References:
514
Material Type:
Photographs
Legal Status:
Not Known
Names:
Lyon, Edmund David, Captain, British Army officer and photographer in India, 1825-1891
Subjects:
Architectural Types
Architecture
Ceremonial Objects
Hindu Temples
Rathas
Religious Articles
Religious Buildings
Temple Cars
Temples
Vitthala Temple (Vijayanagara)
Places:
Vijayanagar, Karnataka, Karnātaka, India, Asia, South Asia
Related Material:

Original negative held