An unfinished drawing of a panel in pencil.
Hindu temples--India
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The portfolio contains three folders. These are titled: 'Ajanta Caves 1', 'Ajanta Caves 2', and 'Ellora Caves and Aurangabad Caves'.
West Edward William 1824-1905A leather bound portfolio containing three folders entitled: 'Ammarnáth Temple, near Kalian', 'Sundries' and 'Kanheri Caves duplicates'.
West Edward William 1824-1905A drawing in pencil of a plan of the courtyard and temple by A.A. West. Scale is 40 feet to an inch.
West Arthur AndersonThis collection consists of seven leather bound portfolios containing topographical drawings, maps, floor plans, notes and papers that the West brothers had created when working in the Maharashtra region of India in the mid to late 1800's. The main focus of the collection is the Kanheri Caves; a group of over 109 rock cut temples located in what is today the Sanjay Gandhi National Park on the western outskirts of Mumbai. The brothers studied these caves over the course of several decades, returning to the site many times to check and amend measurements, locations, and expand open their interpretation of the site. The remainder of the collection covers several other sites such as: Ajanta, Ellora and Daulatabad.
West Edward William 1824-1905 Orientalist, engineerA list of 127 sculptures in the chief frieze which extends around the temple.
West Arthur AndersonA ground plan of the Temple of Ammarnáth, scale 20 feet to an inch.
West Arthur AndersonA 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.
West Edward William 1824-1905Two files entitled 'Ellora Caves- a few notes' and 'Aurungabad Caves- a few notes'. These contain descriptions and drawings of the caves.
West Edward William 1824-1905A drawing of two figures from a panel scale 2 inches to a foot, by A.A.West.
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