EMF Oversize photographs
Contains 44 Results:
India photographs, 1912 - 1945
These are probably professional photographs purchased by EM Forster during his travels in India, although some of them have London seller stamps.
'20085 Colonnade of Hindu Pillars - Delhi', 1912
Photograph up a colonnade of elaborately carved square pillars at the Quwwat-ul-Islam Masjid mosque, Qutab site (uncropped but same view as EMF/27X/2).
'20079 Tomb of Altamish, Builder of the Kutub - Delhi', 1912
Photograph of the tomb of Iltutmish, similar to EMF/27X/6 but from a different angle. A corner of the highly decorated courtyard walls and a door are visible behind.
'20210 Shiva + Parbati. Fatipur Sikri', 1912
Photograph of the said bas relief carving at Fatehpur Sikri of the two deities surrounded by smaller figures.
'20047 Akbars tomb Secundra', 1912
Photograph taken from a height across ?a courtyard, showing three levels of cloistered walkways and flat roofs. Several Indians are standing on the flat roofs and within the cloisters.
'20256 The Fort Shewing Road up Gwalior', 1912
Photograph of the road running up the hill alongside the palace walls.
'20260 Large stone Figure in Happy Valley / Gwalior', 1912
Photograph showing a rock face carved with many seated and standing figures in relief, one particularly large: the Gopachal Parvat Jain monuments.
'20263 Brahminical Temple in Fort - Gwalior', 1912
Photograph showing the Sahastrabahu temple.
'20259 Entrance to temple Gwalior', 1912
Photograph showing the entrance doorway and hallway beyond, in the Jain temple at Gwalior fort. The door is surrounded by c. 10 orders of decoration, flanked by columns with figures supporting them at the bottom and tabernacles at the top corners and centre inhabited by couples (?Shiva and Parbati?). An A-frame structure at the roofline is visible atop an inner doorway.
'20264 Brahminical Temple in Fort Gwalior', 1912
Photograph showing the temple and low stone pillars in the surrounding grounds.
'20267 Interior of Man Singh's Palace / Gwalior', 1912
Photograph showing several doorways at an interior corner of a courtyard.
'21221 Bhuda Gya' [sic], 1913
Photograph of the Mahabodhi temple at Bodh Gaya and surrounding grounds. Taken from a high platform near the temple.
'55 / C.6 / 220 / Gaya. Buddha Gaya. Ancient railing: medallion / A.S.R., I, plate X, H, etc', 1913
Photograph showing part of a stone trellis railing at the Maha Bodhi temple with medallions whose centres feature floral motifs, a ?lion, two men and a goat; and a head. The top railing is a frieze with repeated depictions of sea monsters biting mermaids' hands.
'58 / C.6 / 223 / Gaya. Buddhagaya. Ancient railing. Medallion A.S.R. I, plate IX. A, etc', 1913
Photograph showing part of a stone trellis railing at the Maha Bodhi temple with medallions whose centres feature floral motifs, an elephant, a mermaid, a centaur, two men approaching a doorway and a tree within a fence.
'60 / C.6 / 225 / Gaya. Buddha Gaya. Ancient pillar, now in the Mahanets' court, with medallion A.S.R. I, plate X, no. XXIII', 1913
Photograph showing a pillar at the Maha Bodhi temple with 2 medallions featuring a man seated on a ?lotus flower, and (defaced) 3 people seated on a bed.
'20200 Temple of Kailas[a] - the Rung [sic] Mahal, Ellora caves', 1913
Photograph of a wall of the stone staircase with 8 orders of frieze carved in bas-relief, the entrance doorway to the staircase, an adjacent entranceway on that level, an upper level doorway, and adjoining parts of the building which have enormous animal supporters carved in high relief.
'20209 Birlehadra in Dhumar Lena [Fatehpur Sikri crossed out] Ellora' , 1913
Photograph of the Andkasura Vadha Murti of Shiva in the said cave (29).
'21799 Ravana South face of Temple Kailasa / Ellora Caves', 1913
Photograph of a carved stone wall. At the bottom is a niche in which is a stone statue of a Ravananugraha manifestation of Shiva trying to lift a mountain (Kailash). Above that niche is carved Parvati, Shiva and his attendants on Kailash mountain.
'Ajanta', 1945
Envelope once containing 11 photographs of Ajanta.
'20188 Linga shrine. Elephanta', 1945
Photograph of the shrine within the interior of the cave, showing two pillars with striated capitals and two walls of the shrine with its monumental relief-carved figures on the outside.
'20189 Elephanta / Marriage of Shiva + Parvati', 1945
Photograph of the two figures carved in relief on the cave wall, and including several other figures surrounding them.
'20192 Entrance to Caves - Elephanta', 1945
Photograph of pillars and the entrance to the cave.
'Elephanta. Ellora', 1945
Envelope once containing 9 photographs of Elephanta and Ellora.
'66725 The Black Pagoda / near Puri', 1945
Photograph of 9 heavily carved orders of a doorframe or other decoration at the said monument.
'21292 Interior 1000 Pillars Mantapam. Vishnu Temple / Conjeeveran', 1945
Photograph of the interior of a temple at Kanchipuram. There are many pillars visible featuring rearing horses and warriors.