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Unknown Artist — Temple Tank, Tamil Nadu

Unknown Artist

Temple Tank, Tamil Nadu

1860

Documentary photography meets colonial documentation in this stereoscopic view that would have transported Victorian viewers to the architectural splendors of South Indian temple complexes.

Medium
stereoscopic albumen print

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Unknown Artist, Temple Tank, Tamil Nadu, 1860

Documentary photography meets colonial documentation in this stereoscopic view that would have transported Victorian viewers to the architectural splendors of South Indian temple complexes.

Medium
stereoscopic albumen print
Year
1860
Seen at
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

Monochrome, Albumen Print, Serene, Documentary, 19th Century, Photograph, Indian, Temple, Historical, Architecture

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Cleveland Museum of Art, Art Institute of Chicago