Views in Mysore: Bhoganarasimhaswami's temple, in the fort, Devarayadroog (from the plateau) (1862–65): Art, History and Details

Views in Mysore: Bhoganarasimhaswami's temple, in the fort, Devarayadroog (from the plateau) (1862–65) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Lieutenant Colonel Henry Dixon (British, 1824–1883).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

Lieutenant Colonel Henry Dixon arrived in India in 1842 as part of the British colonial forces. When he took up the new art of photography his subjects were the temples and historic monuments of South India. This photograph shows a hill station taken from the plateau above the town; its high vantage point elucidates the town’s layout and highlights its principal structures.

Object facts

• Title: Views in Mysore: Bhoganarasimhaswami's temple, in the fort, Devarayadroog (from the plateau)
• Date: 1862–65
• Creator attribution: Lieutenant Colonel Henry Dixon (British, 1824–1883)
• Culture: Britain
• Type: Photograph
• Technique: albumen print from wet collodion negative
• Dimensions: Image: 34.5 x 26.7 cm (13 9/16 x 10 1/2 in.); Paper: 34.5 x 26.7 cm (13 9/16 x 10 1/2 in.); Mounted: 54 x 42.2 cm (21 1/4 x 16 5/8 in.)
• Collection: PH - Misc. 19th Century
• Department: Photography
• Accession number: 2017.7

Collection credit

James Parmelee Fund

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