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Photo 1000/31(3228)
- Record Id:
- 041-003130266
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-003130146
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100026192635.0x000dfd
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147551144.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 1000/31(3228)
- Title:
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Close view of base of south minaret of the Queen's Mosque, Mirzapur, Ahmadabad. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
- Scope & Content:
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Genre: Architectural Photography
Showing base of south minaret, with the windows on the south-east face in the background. India Museum no. 1471. Received from Captain Lyon 7 February 1871. Duplicate print at Photo 1001 (3228).
Lyon supplies the following description in his 'Notes to accompany a series of photographs designed to illustrate the ancient architecture of Western India. Taken for Government and described by Captain Lyon' (Geneva, 1871):
580 and 581. - Show other portions of the same mosque in detail. The two small windows one on each side of the small door are very beautiful specimens of Hindoo carving and the small window of perforated stone to the right of No. 581 is a perfect little gem. The .scroll pattern immediately beneath it is almost an exact imitation of that to be found at Bailoor see Photographs 460, &c., &c.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003126686
040-003130146
041-003130266 - Is part of:
- Photo 1000 : Archaeological Survey of India Collections: India Office Series
Photo 1000/31 : Archaeological Survey of India Collections: India Office Series (volume 31).
Photo 1000/31(3228) : Close view of base of south minaret of the Queen's Mosque, Mirzapur, Ahmadabad. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David - Hierarchy:
- 032-003126686[0032]/040-003130146[0120]/041-003130266
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 1000
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147551144.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Techniques:
- Albumen Print
Photograph
Photographic Print
Silver Printing-Out Paper Print - Start Date:
- 1869
- End Date:
- 1869
- Date Range:
- 1869
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 272 mm x 225 mm
Format: Bound in Volume
Secondary Support: Card
- Former External References:
- 580
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)