Visual Truths The relationship between vision and evidence remains an important aspect of archaeological knowledge, and has been articulated as such for over one hundred and fifty years. The complaint of James Burgess, then former Director General of the Archaeological Survey (1885–1889), to John Marshall, the new Director General (1902–1928), about the photographs that w… >

Genre Reference An early example of the manner in which photography was inscribed with evidential power are the two photographs of the Atala Masjid at Jaunpur, taken by D. Tresham and Beglar, through which Cunningham chose to make his point that the “new” work, or the repairs that were authorised by him for the Masjid, was “a strict repetition of the older portion” of the… >