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Kirwuttee, A Temple, India

c. 1857
(British, 1818–1858)
England, 19th century
albumen print from paper negative
Image: 27.6 x 38.9 cm (10 7/8 x 15 5/16 in.); Image with border: 31.6 x 42.6 cm (12 7/16 x 16 3/4 in.); Paper: 35.7 x 55 cm (14 1/16 x 21 5/8 in.)
Photography Discretionary Fund 2019.54
Location: not on view
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This building primarily has miniature temple models as its exterior ornamentation in combination with only a few figural sculptures.

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William Henry Pigou, a medical doctor who was an amateur photographer, spent 1856–57 working for the British colonial government recording ancient Indian monuments. This image of the temple at Kirwuttee (current accepted spelling is Kuruvatti) was taken around two years after the introduction of photography to India.

This building primarily has miniature temple models as its exterior ornamentation in combination with only a few figural sculptures.
Horizontally oriented black-and-white close-up photograph of the exterior of Kirwuttee temple. Centered, a sculpture of a figure stands shadowed in a niche on top of which is carved an ornate miniature temple with walls radiating out in squared, receding layers. Smaller miniature temples are shown on top of columns, flanking at the edges of the photograph.

Kirwuttee, A Temple, India

c. 1857

William Henry Pigou

(British, 1818–1858)
England, 19th century

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