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Publisher
Underwood & Underwood Publishers
(American (active Ottawa, KS and New York, NY), 1882 – 1941)
Date1902
MediumGelatin silver prints mounted on cardstock
DimensionsMount: 3 1/2 × 7 in. (8.9 × 17.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Simón de Swaan
Object numberS2023.1.18
Not on view
DescriptionSubstantial information printed vertically on the back of the cardstock about Jainism.Title is printed on the back of cardstock in English, French, German, Spanish, Swedish, and Russian.
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Markings
Recto, center of left margin: [SUN SCULPTURE TRADE MARK]
Inscribed
Recto, bottom right margin: “Worshippers before an image in the exquisitely carved Temple of Vimala Sah, Mount Abu, India. / Copyright 1902 by Underwood & Underwood"
Recto, left margin (vertical): "Underwood & Underwood. Publishers. / New York. London. Toronto - Canada. Ottawa - Kansas. "
Recto, right margin (vertical): "Works and Studios~ / Arlington N.J. Littleton N.H. Washington. D.C."
Verso, starting on the top: "In western Hindostan, 400 miles directly north of Bombay, Mount Abu arises abruptly from the desert. Its inaccessible cliffs are 6000 feet high, and the only practicable approaches to its summit are through steep ravines. / Away up on the top of the mountain is a fertile region three miles by six in extent, and here in the eleventh and twelfth centuries the Jains built this temple of white marble. This building was taking form here in India during the days of the Romanesque and early Gothic cathedrals in Europe. The marble must have been quarried three hundred miles away and brought up the precipitous mountain roads. / The Jains of India are native non- conformists to the prevailing religion of Brahmanism, and their faith dates back five or six centuries B.C. to the times of their leader Vardhamana, a contemporary of Buddha. They believe in the transmigration of souls but deny the sacredness of caste. They do not worship any one deity as supreme, but pay direct reverence to certain prophets who taught liberality, gentleness and repentance for sin. / This particular temple (called for its merchant builder, Vimala Sah) is dedicated to a saintly prophet called Parswanatha, whose seated image is seen yonder on the elaborately carven shrine. There are fifty-five shrines or cells in this one building, all dedicated to the same saint. Repetition is a favorite ceremonial device among the Jains; this curious structure is a sort of litany in stone.
The patient devotion and wonderful skill shown in the lace-like elaboration of the sculptured ornament can hardly be over-estimated. Miniature figures of Parswanatha are used over and over as details of the decoration and are intended to remind the faithful of traditional scenes and acts in his life. They are to devout Jains what the images and pictures of Christian saints are to the faithful in the old churches of Europe. / See: – J. Ferguson: Indian and Eastern Architecture. / Encyclopedias: Articles on Jains and Mt. Abu"
Verso, bottom quarter of the page: "Worshippers in Temple on Mount Abu, India. (following by the same inscription in French, German, Spanish, Swedish, and Russian.)"
Recto, left margin (vertical): "Underwood & Underwood. Publishers. / New York. London. Toronto - Canada. Ottawa - Kansas. "
Recto, right margin (vertical): "Works and Studios~ / Arlington N.J. Littleton N.H. Washington. D.C."
Verso, starting on the top: "In western Hindostan, 400 miles directly north of Bombay, Mount Abu arises abruptly from the desert. Its inaccessible cliffs are 6000 feet high, and the only practicable approaches to its summit are through steep ravines. / Away up on the top of the mountain is a fertile region three miles by six in extent, and here in the eleventh and twelfth centuries the Jains built this temple of white marble. This building was taking form here in India during the days of the Romanesque and early Gothic cathedrals in Europe. The marble must have been quarried three hundred miles away and brought up the precipitous mountain roads. / The Jains of India are native non- conformists to the prevailing religion of Brahmanism, and their faith dates back five or six centuries B.C. to the times of their leader Vardhamana, a contemporary of Buddha. They believe in the transmigration of souls but deny the sacredness of caste. They do not worship any one deity as supreme, but pay direct reverence to certain prophets who taught liberality, gentleness and repentance for sin. / This particular temple (called for its merchant builder, Vimala Sah) is dedicated to a saintly prophet called Parswanatha, whose seated image is seen yonder on the elaborately carven shrine. There are fifty-five shrines or cells in this one building, all dedicated to the same saint. Repetition is a favorite ceremonial device among the Jains; this curious structure is a sort of litany in stone.
The patient devotion and wonderful skill shown in the lace-like elaboration of the sculptured ornament can hardly be over-estimated. Miniature figures of Parswanatha are used over and over as details of the decoration and are intended to remind the faithful of traditional scenes and acts in his life. They are to devout Jains what the images and pictures of Christian saints are to the faithful in the old churches of Europe. / See: – J. Ferguson: Indian and Eastern Architecture. / Encyclopedias: Articles on Jains and Mt. Abu"
Verso, bottom quarter of the page: "Worshippers in Temple on Mount Abu, India. (following by the same inscription in French, German, Spanish, Swedish, and Russian.)"
Underwood & Underwood Publishers
Date: 1902
Medium: Gelatin silver prints mounted on cardstock
Object number: S2023.1.13
Underwood & Underwood Publishers
Date: 1903
Medium: Gelatin silver prints mounted on cardstock
Object number: S2023.1.15
Underwood & Underwood Publishers
Date: c. 1899
Medium: Albumen prints mounted on cardstock
Object number: S2023.1.3
Underwood & Underwood Publishers
Date: c. 1897
Medium: Albumen prints mounted on cardstock
Object number: S2023.1.6
Underwood & Underwood Publishers
Date: 1905
Medium: Gelatin silver prints mounted on cardstock
Object number: S2023.1.16
Underwood & Underwood Publishers
Date: 1908
Medium: Gelatin silver prints mounted on cardstock
Object number: S2023.1.14
Underwood & Underwood Publishers
Date: c. 1897
Medium: Albumen prints mounted on cardstock
Object number: S2023.1.4
Underwood & Underwood Publishers
Date: c. 1900
Medium: Albumen prints mounted on cardstock
Object number: S2023.1.7
Underwood & Underwood Publishers
Date: c. 1900
Medium: Albumen prints mounted on cardstock
Object number: S2023.1.8
Underwood & Underwood Publishers
Date: c. 1900
Medium: Albumen prints mounted on cardstock
Object number: S2023.1.9
Underwood & Underwood Publishers
Date: c. 1895
Medium: Albumen prints mounted on cardstock
Object number: S2023.1.10
Underwood & Underwood Publishers
Date: 1898
Medium: Albumen prints mounted on cardstock
Object number: S2023.1.11