View of Sadasiva, showing the heads of Mahadeva and Uma, Elephanta Cave Temples, Elephanta Island, India

People:

Bourne & Shepherd (photographic studio)
Colin Murray (photographer)

Title:

View of Sadasiva, showing the heads of Mahadeva and Uma, Elephanta Cave Temples, Elephanta Island, India

Date:

1870s

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Albumen silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 24.0 x 29.4 cm secondary support: 33.2 x 42.0 cm

Reference number:

PH1982:0432:063

Point of View:

interior view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

The secondary support is affixed to the CCA mount with four paper corners and strips of white woven tape.

Inscription:

numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the secondary support, l.l.: "2195" [diagonally] inscribed - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the secondary support, l.l to l.r.: with title

Location:

Elephanta Island; Maharashtra; India;

Subject:

architecture
sculpture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

figures (representations)
sculpture
column (architectural element)
amalaka
cave architecture
rock-cut architecture

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

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