Item WST/6/3/1 - Ellora Caves

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GB 891 WST-WST/6-WST/6/3-WST/6/3/1

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Ellora Caves

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  • 1840 - 1870 (Creation)

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A file containing notes about the Ellora Caves. These are: A copy of the list of Caves, beginning at the south end. Original rough list by E.W. West, January 1865, with a list of the inscriptions he had copied. Notes by A.A. West of his visit, August 1848. Notes from C.W. Malet's description in 1794. Notes from Fergusson's photos, 'Rock cut temples of India, 1864'. Notes from Captain Selby's, 'Wonders of Ellora', 1825. List of photos in the Kensington Museum, September 1868. Unfinished list of sculptures in Kaila's cloister by E.W. West, January 1865. Unfinished plan, Kailas ground plan. Unfinished plan, Kailas 1st floor, main chamber. Unfinished plan Southern Lanka, 1st floor. List of plans and several tracings from Thomas Daniells and James Wales, 1803. Drawing, from a photo, Column in Viswakarma, or chaitya cave. Drawing of a column, locality not noted. Outline of a painting in S. Lanka. Tracings of some sketches of columns. Sketch of a group in a compartment of Das Avatar, August 1848. Sketch if a doorkeeper in Kailas, August 1848. Sketch of a figure in Kailas, August 1848.

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