Nearly forgotten but glorious art, envisionings and historical oddments from the back corners of the internet
An India that isn’t coming back. Plates from James Fergusson’s 1848 work “Picturesque Illustrations of Ancient Architecture in Hindostan”. Published by J. Hogarth in London with lithographs by T. C. Dibden.
Great Temple at Bobaneswar (Bhubaneswar). 1848. British. Plate I, page 34. Drawn and lithographed by T. C. (Thomas Colman) Dibden after a sketch by J. Fergusson. M. and N. Hanhart, printers. Collections of the Asiatic Society of Mumbai. Observer Research Foundation, digitalizing sponsor. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.100565/page/n34/mode/1upTemple of Kanarug of Black Pagoda. Page 42. 1848. British. Drawn and lithographed by T. C. (Thomas Colman) Dibden after a sketch by J. Fergusson. M. and N. Hanhart, printers. Collections of the Asiatic Society of Mumbai. Observer Research Foundation, digitalizing sponsor. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.100565/page/n42/mode/1upTemple of Kapila Devi at Bobaneswar(Bhubaneswar). Page 46. 1848. British. Drawn and lithographed by T. C. (Thomas Colman) Dibden after a sketch by J. Fergusson. M. and N. Hanhart, printers. Collections of the Asiatic Society of Mumbai. Observer Research Foundation, digitalizing sponsor. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.100565/page/n46/mode/1up
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