Identity area
Reference code
GB 891 RAS GOV7-RAS GOV7/29
Title
Copy of a letter from Capt. Gill, Adjuntah, 16 October, 1849
Date(s)
- 16th Oct 1849 (Creation)
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File
Extent and medium
4 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 from Capt. Gill, addressed to Col. Sykes, dated at Adjuntah, 16 October, 1849' in which he writes of his concern that his paintings had not arrived when Sykes had written to him. He has continued to copy the cave paintings and writes of… read more
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Language of material
- English
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Subject access points
Name access points
- Gill Robert 1804-1879 (Subject)