• Colonel James Waterhouse (photographer)
• James Fergusson (author)
• William Griggs (photographer)
• Unknown (printer)

Tree and Serpent Worship, or, Illustrations of Mythology and Art in India in the first and fourth centuries after Christ, from the Sculptures of the Buddhist Topes at Sanchi and Amravati

published 1868

Albumen silver prints

book (closed): 34.5 x 25.3 x 7.8 cm comps. (range): 14,1 x 35,6 x 13,9 x 29,3 cm (5 9/16 x 14 x 5 1/2 x 11 9/16 in.) secondary supports (bound): 33,3 x 23,6 cm (13 1/8 x 9 5/16 in.)

PH1981:0452:001-057

• exterior views

- Contemporary binding consists of reddish-brown cloth-covered boards with gold and white ink inscriptions. Endleaves are of white paper. The book contains a frontispiece, title page, preface, table of contents, list of illustrations, multiple chapters and appendices, 57 albumen silver prints, lithographs and maps.

imprinted and numbered - in typescript and gold ink, on the spine, u.c.: "FERGUSSON" / and with title; in typescript and white ink, l.c.: L291 / F354t imprinted and dated - in typescript and black ink, on the title page, u.c. to l.c.: with title and / "PREPARED UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA IN COUNCIL. / WITH / INTRODUCTORY ESSAYS AND DESCRIPTIONS OF THE PLATES / BY / JAMES FERGUSSON, Esq., F.R.S., M.R.A.S., / AUTHOR OF "PICTURESQUE ILLUSTRATIONS OF INDIAN ARCHITECTURE,""HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE," / ETC. ETC. ETC. / [with emblem] / LONDON: / INDIA MUSEUM, / 1868. / WM H. ALLEN AND CO., 13, WATERLOO PLACE, S.W. / Publisher to the India Office."; verso, l.c.: "LONDON: / PRINTED FOR THE INDIA OFFICE / BY EYRE AND SPOTTISWOODE, Her Majesty's Printers." imprinted and dated - in typescript and black ink, on the frontispiece, u.c. to l.c.: "FRONTISPIECE" / with title / "BY / JAMES FERGUSSON, F.R.S. / INDIA MUSEUM, LONDON; / 1868."; l.l.: "LIEUT. COL. MAISEY, DEL."; l.r.: "W. GRIGGS, LITH."; b.: with a scale and / "ELEVATION OF NORTHERN GATEWAY SANCHI. stamped - in typescript and blue ink, on the first page, c.: "Northwestern / University / Library" labelled and imprinted - in typescript and black ink, on bookplates attached to the front pastedown, c. and c.r.: with bookplates from the Northwestern University Library, Evanston, Illinois inscribed and numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the front flyleaf, u.r.: "Lieutenant Waterhouse / Mr. Griggs / 57 albumen prints" labelled and imprinted - in typescript and gold ink, on a white and gold label attached to the back pastedown, l.l.: "BOUND BY / HNM"

Amaravati; Andhra Pradesh; India;

• architecture
• sculpture
• topographique

Contient:

• PH1981:0452:001, View of Stupa 1 (also known as the Great Stupa) showing the northern gateway on the right and the eastern gateway on the left, Sanchi, India, before 1868
• PH1981:0452:002, View of Stupa 1 (also known as the Great Stupa) showing the eastern gateway on the left and the northern gateway on the right, Sanchi, India, before 1868
• PH1981:0452:003, View of the outer façade of the northern gateway, Stupa 1 (also known as the Great Stupa), Sanchi, India, before 1868
• PH1981:0452:004, Partial view of the inner façade of the northern gateway, Stupa 1 (also known of the Great Stupa), Sanchi, India, before 1868
• PH1981:0452:005, View of the outer façade of the eastern gateway with the dome in the background, Stupa 1 (also known as the Great Stupa), Sanchi, India, before 1868
• PH1981:0452:006, Partial view of the inner façade of the eastern gateway, Stupa 1 (also known as the Great Stupa), Sanchi, India, before 1868
• PH1981:0452:007, View of the pillars of the northern gateway, Stupa 1 (also known as the Great Stupa), Sanchi, India, before 1868
• PH1981:0452:008, View of the pillars of the northern gateway, Stupa 1 (also known as the Great Stupa), Sanchi, India, before 1868
• PH1981:0452:009, View of the pillars the northern gateway with the dome in the background, Stupa 1 (also known as the Great Stupa), Sanchi, India, before 1868
• PH1981:0452:010, View of the pillars of the eastern gateway, Stupa 1 (also known as the Great Stupa), Sanchi, India, before 1868
• PH1981:0452:011, View of the pillars of the eastern gateway, Stupa 1 (also known as the Great Stupa), Sanchi, India, before 1868
• PH1981:0452:012, View of the pillars of the eastern gateway with the dome in the background, Stupa 1 (also known as the Great Stupa), Sanchi, India, before 1868
• PH1981:0452:013, View of fragments of the southern gateway, Stupa 1 (also known as the Great Stupa), Sanchi, India, before 1868
• PH1981:0452:014, Partial view of a balustrade with the dome in background and fragments of the southern gateway in the foreground, Stupa 1 (also known as the Great Stupa), Sanchi, India, before 1868
• PH1981:0452:015, View of fragments of the southern gateway, Stupa 1 (also known as the Great Stupa), Sanchi, India, before 1868
• PH1981:0452:016, View of pillars and fragments of the western gateway, Stupa 1 (also known as the Great Stupa), Sanchi, India, before 1868
• PH1981:0452:017, View of a pillar and fragments of the western gateway with a balustrade and the dome in the right background, Stupa 1 (also known as the Great Stupa), Sanchi, India, before 1868
• PH1981:0452:018, View of fragments of the gateway (now reconstructed) with the ruins of the dome (now reconstructed) in the background, Stupa 3 (also known as the Little Stupa), Sanchi, India, before 1868
• PH1981:0452:019, Partial view of Temple 18 (also known as the Chaitya Hall) showing pillars and an entablature and possibly showing Temple 17 on the right, Sanchi, India, before 1868
• PH1981:0452:020, View of Temple 45 (also known as the Vihara), Sanchi, India, before 1868
• PH1981:0452:021, Photograph of a photomontage of balustrade fragments from the Great Stupa, Amaravati, India, between 1866 and 1868
• PH1981:0452:022, Photograph of a photomontage of balustrade fragments from the Great Stupa, Amaravati, India, between 1866 and 1868
• PH1981:0452:023, Photograph of photographs of two carved balusters from the Great Stupa, Amaravati, India, between 1866 and 1868
• PH1981:0452:024, Photograph of photographs of two carved balusters from the Great Stupa, Amaravati, India, between 1866 and 1868
• PH1981:0452:025, Photograph of photographs of two carved balusters from the Great Stupa, Amaravati, India, between 1866 and 1868
• PH1981:0452:026, Photograph of photographs of two carved balusters from the Great Stupa, Amaravati, India, between 1866 and 1868
• PH1981:0452:027, Photograph of photographs of four carved medallions from the balustrade of the Great Stupa, Amaravati, India, between 1866 and 1868
• PH1981:0452:028, Photograph of photographs of five carved medallions from the balustrade of the Great Stupa, Amaravati, India, between 1866 and 1868
• PH1981:0452:029, Photograph of photographs of three carved frieze fragments from the balustrade of the Great Stupa, Amaravti, India, between 1866 and 1868
• PH1981:0452:030, Photograph of photographs of four frieze fragments from the plinth of the balustrade of the Great Stupa, Amaravati, India, between 1866 and 1868
• PH1981:0452:031, Photograph of photographs of two carved balusters from the Great Stupa, Amaravati, India, between 1866 and 1868
• PH1981:0452:032, Photograph of photographs of two carved balusters from the Great Stupa, Amaravati, India, between 1866 and 1868
• PH1981:0452:033, Photograph of photographs of two carved balusters from the Great Stupa, Amaravati, India, between 1866 and 1868
• PH1981:0452:034, Photograph of photographs of two carved balusters from the Great Stupa, Amaravati, India, between 1866 and 1868
• PH1981:0452:035, Photograph of photographs of two carved medallions from the balustrade of the Great Stupa, Amaravati, India, between 1866 and 1868
• PH1981:0452:036, Photograph of photographs of three carved medallions from the balustrade of the Great Stupa, Amaravati, India, between 1866 and 1868
• PH1981:0452:037, Photograph of photographs of two carved frieze fragments from the balustrade of the Great Stupa, Amaravati, India, between 1866 and 1868
• PH1981:0452:038, Photograph of photographs of two carved frieze fragments from the balustrade of the Great Stupa, Amaravati, India, between 1866 and 1868
• PH1981:0452:039, Photograph of a photograph of a carved fragment from the platform of the Great Stupa, Amaravati, India, between 1866 and 1868
• PH1981:0452:040, Photograph of a photograph of a carved fragment from the platform of the Great Stupa, Amaravati, India, between 1866 and 1868
• PH1981:0452:041, Photograph of a photograph of a carved fragment from the platform of the Great Stupa, Amaravati, India, between 1866 and 1868
• PH1981:0452:042, Photograph of photographs of three carved fragments of the platform from the Great Stupa, Amaravati, India, between 1866 and 1868
• PH1981:0452:043, Photograph of photographs of three carved fragments of the platform from the Great Stupa, Amaravati, India, between 1866 and 1868
• PH1981:0452:044, Photograph of photographs of three carved fragments of the platform from the Great Stupa, Amaravati, India, between 1866 and 1868
• PH1981:0452:045, Photograph of photographs of three carved fragments of the platform from the Great Stupa, Amaravati, India, between 1866 and 1868
• PH1981:0452:046, Photograph of photographs of eight carved fragments of the platform from the Great Stupa, Amaravati, India, between 1866 and 1868
• PH1981:0452:047, Photograph of photographs of nine carved fragments from the Great Stupa, Amaravati, India, between 1866 and 1868
• PH1981:0452:048, Photograph of photographs of five carved fragments from the Great Stupa, Amaravati, India, between 1866 and 1868
• PH1981:0452:049, Photograph of photographs of four carved pillars from the Great Stupa, Amaravati, India, between 1866 and 1868
• PH1981:0452:050, Photograph of photographs of eight carved fragments from the Great Stupa, Amaravati, India, between 1866 and 1868
• PH1981:0452:051, Photograph of photographs of four carved fragments from the Great Stupa, Amaravati, India, between 1866 and 1868
• PH1981:0452:052, Photograph of photographs of five carved fragments from the Great Stupa, Amaravati, India, between 1866 and 1868
• PH1981:0452:053, Photograph of photographs of carved fragments from the Great Stupa, Amaravati, India, between 1866 and 1868
• PH1981:0452:054, Photograph of photographs of carved fragments from the Great Stupa, Amaravati, India, between 1866 and 1868
• PH1981:0452:055, Photograph of photographs of carved fragments from the Great Stupa, Amaravati, India, between 1866 and 1868
• PH1981:0452:056, Photograph of photographs of carved fragments from the Great Stupa, Amaravati, India, between 1866 and 1868
• PH1981:0452:057, Photograph of photographs of carved fragments from the Great Stupa, Amaravati, India, between 1866 and 1868