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View from the Top of the Rock, looking over the native Town, Trichinopoly, India

1878

Nicholas & Co.

(British, active India, 1873–1905)
Culture
India
Medium
albumen print
Measurements
Paper: 22.6 x 28.5 cm (8 7/8 x 11 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 2024.78
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The towers in the background mark the largest temple compound in India, which occupies 156 acres.

Description

The Ranganathaswamy Temple, dedicated to the god Vishnu, originated in the 1st century CE and is still active today. This view sets the gopura (temple entrance towers) in their urban context and juxtaposes the vast scale of the complex against the much humbler buildings where the Indian population lived and worked. To see carvings inside the temple complex, look at 2015.37 in the collection.
A horizontally oriented sepia photograph depicts a high-angle view over a town. In the foreground, dwellings with thatched and flat roofs cluster across the bottom half. A stone wall separates the town from ornate, multi-tiered tapering towers. One tower sits above a gate left of center, while larger towers rise along the horizon against a pale sky. The entire scene is rendered in muted brown tones.

View from the Top of the Rock, looking over the native Town, Trichinopoly, India

1878

Nicholas & Co.

(British, active India, 1873–1905)
India

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