View through the piazza (marble), with golden lamps leading to the Sikh temple
Photograph
ca. 1858-1860 (made)
ca. 1858-1860 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Felice Beato took many photographs of the Golden Temple in Amritsar, from different viewpoints. This one shows the temple from the entrance gate. It highlights the carved and painted details on the gateway. There is a figure seated in the shade of the gateway in the bottom right-hand corner.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | View through the piazza (marble), with golden lamps leading to the Sikh temple |
| Materials and techniques | Albumen print |
| Brief description | Photograph of the causeway to the Golden Temple |
| Physical description | This photograph shows the causeway to the Golden Temple from the entrance gate. It highlights the carved and painted details on the gateway. Their is a figure seated in the shade of the gateway in the bottom right hand corner. |
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| Historical context | After the Indian army 'mutinied' in 1857 Felice Beato travelled through India photographing the sites connected with it. Although there had been incidents in Amritsar, it was not a 'Mutiny' site such as Lucknow and Delhi. In all, Beato took eleven photographs of the Golden Temple from different view points. The photographs were offered for sale to the public, ten of the 17 views of Amritsar listed in the sales catalogue were displayed in the Paris Universal Exhibition of 1867. The V&A has 11 of the 17 views, three of which were displayed in Paris and retain their original 1867 mounts marked with their 1867 catalogue numbers. |
| Subject depicted | |
| Summary | Felice Beato took many photographs of the Golden Temple in Amritsar, from different viewpoints. This one shows the temple from the entrance gate. It highlights the carved and painted details on the gateway. There is a figure seated in the shade of the gateway in the bottom right-hand corner. |
| Bibliographic reference | Stronge, S. (Ed.) "The Arts of the Sikh Kingdoms", V&A, 1999
p. 196, Pl. 225 and p. 211, Cat. 16 |
| Other number | U13 - Beato's negative number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 80094 |
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| Record created | December 20, 2002 |
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