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Photo 1002/2(104)

Record Id:

041-003133737

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003133616

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100026192681.0x000401

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ISAD(G)

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Photo 1002/2(104)

Title:

Interior view of the Lattan Masjid, Gaur, showing the dome. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik

Scope & Content:

Genre: Architectural Photography

View looking directly upwards towards the dome. Poor quality print.

Described in 'List of Ancient Monuments in Bengal. Revised and corrected up to 31st August 1895' (Calcutta, 1896), pp. 444-445:

'This mosque was entirely built of coloured bricks, but has no inscription or record of date. The building even in its present state has a pleasing effect as a whole. It is a fine sample of its kind. Its style is Pathan. It was probably constructed A. H. 880. The building consists of a single chamber 34 feet square and a corridor in front 34 feet long and 11 feet wide. The walls are remarkably thick, the front and the back ones being 10 feet 7 inches in thickness and the others 8 feet 6 inches. The square chamber is reduced to an octagon by arches springing from stone pillars, and thence to the circular basement of the dome. It is profusely decorated with glazed tiles. No custodian and no use. The arches of the side rooms have fallen down. Except for the vegetation growing on the top the building is not in very bad order. It is a few yards to the east of the English Bazar–Nawabganj Road and affords shelter in wet weather to people passing by and to cattle.'

See also, George Michell (ed), 'The Islamic Heritage of Bengal' (UNESCO, Paris, 1984), p. 77.

Collection Area:

Visual Arts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003133616
040-003133681
041-003133737

Is part of:

Photo 1002 : Archaeological Survey of India Collections: Indian Museum Series. Photographer(s): Joseph Daviditch Melik Beglar, Shepherd and…
Photo 1002/2 : Archaeological Survey of India Collections: Indian Museum Series (volume 2, nos. 51-104: Bengal). Photographer(s): Joseph…

Photo 1002/2(104) : Interior view of the Lattan Masjid, Gaur, showing the dome. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik

Hierarchy:

032-003133616[0002]/040-003133681[0056]/041-003133737

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 1002

Record Type (Level):

Item

Extent:

1 item

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Not applicable

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Not applicable

Techniques:

Albumen Print
Photograph
Photographic Print
Silver Printing-Out Paper Print

Start Date:

1870

End Date:

1879

Date Range:

1870s

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