View of the gatehouse of the Kali Masjid, Lakshmeswar, India

People:

Thomas Biggs (photographer)
William Loch (photographer)

Title:

View of the gatehouse of the Kali Masjid, Lakshmeswar, India

Date:

March - April 1855

Description:

- The photograph shows the gatehouse of the mosque with the mosque itself behind it. The building has been misidentified by Fergusson. It is the Kali Masjid, Lakshmeswar. The photograph shows the outer gateway of the mosque with the mosque itself visible behind it. The photographer was facing west.

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Albumen silver print

Dimensions:

comp. (comp. vertical): 26.3 x 36.5 cm (10 3/8 x 14 3/8 in.) page (bound): 37.1 x 54.8 cm (14 5/8 x 21 9/16 in.)

Reference number:

PH1980:1220:076

Point of View:

exterior view

Inscription:

numbered and imprinted - in black ink, on a paper label affixed to the secondary support below the image, l.c.: with title

Location:

Lakshmeswar; Karnataka; India;

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

ruins
domes
towers (building divisions)
mosque
pointed arches
minarets
chains (object genres)
gatehouse

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

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