Sculpture and stairs at the entrance to the garden of Hoysaleswara Temple, Halebidu, Karnataka, salt print, mounted with small loss at one corner, image 285 x 225mm., c.1856

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Richard Banner Oakeley (1834-1914) travelled in 1856 to photograph the great Temples of Halebid, at Dwarasamudra which flourished as a Capital of the Hoysala Empire during the twelfth and thirteenth century. In discussing the difficulties he faced in taking his photographs he noted that "a considerable portion of my apparatus was broken in the over-land journey, our servants were all ill, many at the same time with rheumatic fever, and moreover, this was my first attempt at photographing in a hot climate. I was compelled to to reject the formulae I had used in England, and adopt such as residents in the country found to succeed, or discover new ones for myself".

Provenance: Kanwardip Gujral; his sale, Bonhams, 9 April 2008, lot 155.

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