Identity area
Reference code
GB 891 RAS GOV7-RAS GOV7/24
Title
Copy of a letter by Capt. R. Gill, Jabneh, 29 March 1849
Date(s)
- 29th Mar 1849 (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
3.5 pages handwritten
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Major Robert Gill was an army officer, antiquarian, painter and photographer in British India. He is best known for his paintings, copying the frescoes of the Ajanta Caves. Gill was the first painter – after their rediscovery in 1819 – to make extensive… read more
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
'Copy of a letter addressed to Col. Sykes by Capt. R. Gill, dated Jabneh, 29 March 1849' in which he writes of his latest series of paintings which comprise of copies of nearly all the paintings of the verandah of the caves except that which was supposed… read more
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Language of material
- English
Access points
Subject access points
Name access points
- Gill Robert 1804-1879 (Subject)