Partial view of the Singh Durwazah [Lion's Gate] with the Lingaraj Temple (also known as the Great Temple) in the background, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India

People:

Captain Henry Dixon (photographer)

Title:

Partial view of the Singh Durwazah [Lion's Gate] with the Lingaraj Temple (also known as the Great Temple) in the background, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India

Date:

between ca. 1859 and ca. 1860s

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Albumen silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 22.5 x 28.1 cm secondary support: 37.3 x 37.2 cm

Reference number:

PH1980:0362

Point of View:

partial view
exterior view

Inscription:

labelled, imprinted and numbered - in typescript and black ink, on a decorative label attached to the l.c. of the secondary support, u.l. to l.c.: "No. 2." / with title and / "PHOTOGRAPHED BY / CAPT. HENRY DIXON, 22 M.N.I." stamped - blind embossed, on the secondary support, l.c.: "FORTES FORTUNA JUVAT [outer oval] / HD [inner oval]" [within a decorative oval]

Location:

Bhubaneswar; Orissa; India;

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

entrance
temple
gateway
figures (representations)
wall
statues
towers (building divisions)
shrine (structure)
tree

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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