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Tiruchchirappalli (inhabited place)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 34 Collections and/or Records:

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Another wooden processional car, 1907-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 2/214
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate. Trichinopoly. [Closer view].

Dates: 1907-12
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Brahmin women close to the top of the Rock, 1907-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 2/218
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate. Trichinopoly, looking northwards towards Surangam. Womens dress red and saffron. (Fisher).

Dates: 1907-12
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Cocoanut palms, 1875 - 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022G/66
Scope and Contents

232 x 279 mm. Photograph by A.T.W. Penn no. 179.

Dates: 1875 - 1880
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Eastern Pagoda, Trichinopoly, 1869

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022B/107
Scope and Contents

240 x 297 mm. Duplicate of Y3022E/44.

Dates: 1869
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Gate erected for the Prince and Princess of Wales visit, 1907-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 2/221
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate. And still bearing the words Welcome to our future Emperor.

Dates: 1907-12
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Hindoo wedding procession about to enter the temple gateway, Trichinopoly (spire of St. Marys Church in distance)., 1907-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 2/211
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate. The elephant has a good deal of bright red and green paint about him - the caste mark is white. (Fisher).

Dates: 1907-12
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Mundapam with façade of stone horses, Tiruchchirappalli, 1869

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022G/53
Scope and Contents

289 x 232 mm. Duplicate of Y3022E/45, Y3022B/10, Y3022G/53, Y3022U/32.

Dates: 1869
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Mundapum, Façade of carved stone horses, Trichinopoly, 1869

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022B/106
Scope and Contents

193 x 233 mm. Duplicate of Y3022E/45, Y3022G/53 and Y3022U/32.

Dates: 1869
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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[Mundapum, with facade of carved stone horses], 1860 - 1869

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022U/32
Scope and Contents

293 x 235 mm. Duplicate of Y3022E/45, Y3022B/106, Y3022G/S3. No. 2064.

Dates: 1860 - 1869
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Outside of Rock Temple, 1907-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 2/215
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate. Trichinopoly - at base of the great precipice on steep side of rock.

Dates: 1907-12
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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'Paintings of native Indian figures on talc from Trichinopoly 1869'

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 352
Scope and Contents Miniature coloured portraits of 36 Indian figures, painted on very thin sheets of flexible mica in Trichinopoly, southern India, in 1869. Trichinopoly was the British name for Tiruchirappalli in Tamil Nadu. Mica paintings were produced in standard sets for the colonial tourist market, and imitated paintings on glass which were popular in Europe. They were also used in India by artists for preserving tracings of their family paintings and to decorate glass for temple lanterns. The name of...
Dates: 1869
Conditions Governing Access: May only be viewed by appointment with curator or conservator.
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Srirungam pagodas, Trichinopoly [Tiruchchirappalli], 1869

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022G/48
Scope and Contents

310 x 190 mm. A general view from the top of the gateway at Trichinopoly. For other photographs and a note on the temples in the area, see Y3022E/41-46. Photograph by Samuel Bourne, no. 2060.

Dates: 1869
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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The Black God, Karapunasami, 1907-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 2/217
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate. An old man has just adorned the God with a garland.

Dates: 1907-12
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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The Bridge over the Cauvery. Trichinopoly [Tiruchchirappalli] in the distance, 1869

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022G/50
Scope and Contents

305 x 188 mm. View from Srirangam Island looking along the side of the bridge. Photograph by Samuel Bourne, no. 2058.

Dates: 1869
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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The Rock Fort and Taperculam Tank, 1907-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 2/212
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate. Trichinopoly - afternoon.

Dates: 1907-12
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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The rock of Trichinopoly from the east, 1869

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022E/41
Scope and Contents

321 x 191 mm. View looking over the rooftops at part of the town towards the great rock which is situated at the N end of Trichinopoly. The rock has a temple and a fort at its summit, built by a Madura prince between 1660 and 1670. The capital of successive Tamil kingdoms between the 10th and 17th centuries and located 180 miles SW of Madras, Trichinopoly was ceded to the British by the Nawab of Arcot in 1801. Bourne no. 2054.

Dates: 1869
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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[The Rock of Trichinopoly from the Old Palace of the Nawab of the Carnatic], 1865 - 1869

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022U/12
Scope and Contents

319 x 189 mm. View from the Nawab's Palace looking across the town towards the famous rock fortress.

Dates: 1865 - 1869
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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The rock of Trichinopoly from the tank on the West, 1869

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022E/42
Scope and Contents

322 x 192 mm. View looking across the tank towards the rock, with domestic residences on the road running along the edge of the reservoir. Bourne no. 2057.

Dates: 1869
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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The Rock of Trichinopoly [Tiruchchirappalli], 1869

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022G/49
Scope and Contents

312 x 189. Duplicate of Y3022E/41. Photograph by Samuel Bourne, no. 2054.

Dates: 1869
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Trichinopoly, 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/89/67/19
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Proof and typescript copies of selected articles.

Dates: 1905
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Trichinopoly, 1907-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 2/219
Scope and Contents

Half-plate (landscape format). The town seen from the top of the Rock looking east.

Dates: 1907-12
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Trichinopoly, 1907-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 2/220
Scope and Contents

Half-plate (landscape format). From the top of the Rock, looking south. In the foreground is the roof of the Great Temple upon a lofty part of the Rock immediately below our feet. Rock is whitish gray. Note among the little figures on the edge of the roof the frequent occurrences of the Bull Nandi. (Fisher).

Dates: 1907-12
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Trichinopoly - carved wood car, 1907-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 2/213
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate. Dragged in the 15 April procession by several hundred men. Old carved wood, unpainted, covered with yellowish red tiles. (Fisher).

Dates: 1907-12
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Trichinopoly [i.e. Tiruchchirappalli], 1936 - 1938

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/12/29
Scope and Contents

75 x 130 mm. Aerial view.

Dates: 1936 - 1938
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Trichinopoly [i.e. Tiruchchirappalli], 1936 - 1938

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/12/31
Scope and Contents

125 x 75 mm. Aerial view.

Dates: 1936 - 1938
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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