Title(s)

Reliefs on the facade of the Durga Temple at Ramnagar near Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

Object type

• photomechanical print
• page

Object number

RP-F-2001-7-439-13

Inscriptions / marks

• caption: ‘LOWER PART OF SUMEREE TEMPLE AT RAMNUGGER./ From a Photograph by Mr. Bourne.’

Artist

• photographer: Samuel Bourne (mentioned on object)
• print maker: anonymous

Place

Ramnagar

Dating

c. 1864 - in or before 1869

Material

• paper

Technique

Woodburytype

Measurements

height 135 mm × width 111 mm

What

• temple, shrine ~ Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism
• façade (of house or building)
• sculpture (+ relief ~ sculpture)

Where

• Durga Mandir (Ramnagar)

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the Mondriaan Stichting, the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, the VSBfonds, the Paul Huf Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds and the Egbert Kunstfonds

Acquisition

purchase 2001

Copyright

Public domain

Is part of

• Illustrations of various styles of Indian architecture (RP-F-2001-7-439)