EMF Oversize photographs
Contains 44 Results:
'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.
'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.
'Mathuna [sic]. Devi Jagadamba Temple, s[outh] wall. Khajraho', 1912 - 1945
Cutting from a magazine, probably the same as in EMF/27X/120, showing two entwined figures in bas-relief on stone. The back of the page is part of an art criticism essay on some aspect of Indian art and architecture.
'66725 The Black Pagoda / near Puri', 1945
Photograph of 9 heavily carved orders of a doorframe or other decoration at the said monument.
'21321 Carved + Painted Figures of Trimurti Naik + Family, in the Choultry / Madura', 1945
Photograph of carved figure on pillars in the choultry (halting place) of Tirumala Nayaka.
'21284 General View of Temple Tirruvanamalli', 1945
Photograph showing the temple complex at Tiruvannamalai. Taken from a height.
Devataon ki Gai, Kamadhenu (Cow of Deities, Wish Cow), 1940 - 1949
Colourful poster with writing in ?Hindu showing a cow superimposed with deities. Other deities and groups gather around, including an Englishman seated on a crate with a cup of tea in hand whose caption (the only one in English) reads 'give me milk'.
'21786 Left of door Viharra XVII / Ajanta', 1945
Photograph of a wall painting above a doorway, depicting two deities in a bed. Attendants are in the next 'room'.
'[59134 crossed out] 21793 Pathway Outside Chaityas X + IX / Ajanta Caves', 1945
Exterior photograph of the hillside. Two carvings of figures in relief are visible as is part of an arched doorway.
'20192 Entrance to Caves - Elephanta', 1945
Photograph of pillars and the entrance to the cave.