• Alexander Svoboda (photographer)

Interior view of the Main Shrine showing the Linga Shrine, Cave No. 1 (also known as the Mahadeva Temple, the Shiva Cave and the Great Cave), Elephanta Caves, Elephanta Island, India

1870s

Albumen silver print

comp.: 24.7 x 34.7 cm secondary support: 26.8 x 36.1 cm

PH1981:0738

• interior view

- The photograph is attached to the CCA mount on the u.l. and u.r. with two white woven tape hinges. The composition and secondary support are torn on the u.l. corner.

inscribed - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the secondary support, l.l to l.c.: with title inscribed - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the secondary support, verso, u.l.: with title inscribed and numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the secondary support, verso, u.r.: "GE [8] / Attributed A. Svoboda, phot." [circled]

Elephanta Island; Maharashtra; India;

• architecture
• sculpture

• ruins
• reliefs
• stairs
• figures (representations)
• piers (supporting elements)
• shrines (structures)
• staircase
• cave architecture
• rock-cut architecture
• cave temple
• rock-cut temple