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Alexander Greenlaw 
Hampi (Vijayanagar) Bellary District: Shiva Temples. 
1856 (taken) 1910 (print) 
  
Silver gelatin print, from waxed paper (calotype) negative 
28.1 x 37.8 cm (image) 
  
Victoria and Albert Museum 
Museum number: 3766-1910 
  
 
LL/36264 
  
Amateur British colonial photographer, Alexander Greenlaw was the first to extensively photograph the site in 1855-56. The resulting series of waxed paper negatives were made available to the V&A and printed in 1910. These are the earliest known prints. 
 
 
  
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