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Lot 197
EDMUND DAVID LYON (1825 - 1891)
ASN0006
Auction Type: live
Two views of famous Meenakshi Temple in Madurai and another street ( observe kerosene lamp post ) leading to the Entrance Gopuram of a Temple probably in Trichinopoly. Both Albumen print in good tonal / sepia range in good condition, pasted on original card and mounted..
C 1870's
a) 19.5 x 27 cms
b) 20 x 27cms
C 1870's
a) 19.5 x 27 cms
b) 20 x 27cms
Estimate: ₹50,000 – ₹60,000
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EDMUND DAVID LYON (1825 - 1891)
Lyon served in the British Army 1845 - 1854 and was Governor of Dublin District Military Prison 1854 - 1856. Traveling to India he opened his photographic studio in Ootacamund in 1865. A series of photographs of the Nilgiris was shown at the Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1867. Under a commission firstly from the Madras
governments and later the Bombay government, he photographed archaeological sites and architectural antiquities during 1867 - 1868 assisted by his wife Grace. In 1871 his book 'Notes to Accompany a Series of Photographs Designed to Illustrate the Ancient Architecture of Western India' was published. Lyon photographed Malta on his return to England and eventually settled there in the late 1880s
Lyon served in the British Army 1845 - 1854 and was Governor of Dublin District Military Prison 1854 - 1856. Traveling to India he opened his photographic studio in Ootacamund in 1865. A series of photographs of the Nilgiris was shown at the Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1867. Under a commission firstly from the Madras
governments and later the Bombay government, he photographed archaeological sites and architectural antiquities during 1867 - 1868 assisted by his wife Grace. In 1871 his book 'Notes to Accompany a Series of Photographs Designed to Illustrate the Ancient Architecture of Western India' was published. Lyon photographed Malta on his return to England and eventually settled there in the late 1880s
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