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Gateway to Temple at Avantipur, Srinagar, Kashmir

Photograph
1894 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
K. Ogawa Printing Factory (photographers)
Groves, J.W. (photographer)
Place of origin
Tokyo (photographed)

An unmounted black and white photograph of stone ruins.

Object details

Categories
The Royal Photographic Society
Photographs
Architecture
Religion
Object type
photograph
TitleGateway to Temple at Avantipur, Srinagar, Kashmir (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
collotype print
Paper
Photography
Collotype
Brief description
Photograph by J.W. Groves, 'Gateway to Temple at Avantipur, Srinagar, Kashmir', collotype print by K. Ogawa, 1894
Physical description
An unmounted black and white photograph of stone ruins.
Dimensions
  • Paper height: 27cm
  • Paper width: 37.4cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • titled/signed/dated/COLLOTYPE BY K. OGAWA, TOKYO.' (pencil, ink, recto, paper)
  • RPS ink stamp' (ink, verso, paper)
Credit line
The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A, acquired with the generous assistance of the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Art Fund
Subject depicted
Temples
Place depicted
Srinagar
Other numbers
  • 12941 - Royal Photographic Society number
  • G4 - RPS identifier - box number
Collection
Department of Photography
Accession number
RPS.2492-2024

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Record createdAugust 23, 2024
Record URL
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