Digital photographs of early correspondence between the Société Asiatique and the Royal Asiatic Society. There are 24 images of 12 letters. With the images is a copy of an email from Jean-Michel Mouton to Alison Ohta, Director, Royal Asiatic Society, explaining about the photographs, dated 22 April 2022.
Société AsiatiqueMiscellaneous Photographs, Plates and Illustrations used for Journal Articles. These include photographs of the tomb of I'timad Khan Khevayasara, Images of An Ancient Arabic Sphere, FIG 1-8 K42174 and Figs K47163 for unknown articles.
Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and IrelandTwo photographic negatives from G.L.M. Clauson's Paper on "A Hitherto Unknown Turkish Manuscript in "Uigher" Characters" published in the Society's Journal in January1928. With the negatives is the original envelope.
Clauson G. L. M. 1891-1974"Photos of Himal-races". List of photographs of different ethnic tribes of the Himalayas. Single piece of papers enclosed within a large paper folded as a packet which also has similar list written on it. Also enclosed is a newspaper header for The Bengal Hurkaru for 27 May 1854 on which Hodgson has written "Nepal series No. 1 to 26 Besides duplicates. Nov 79". Handwritten and printed material, 3 pieces, dated 1854-1879.
Hodgson Brian Houghton 1800-1894 OrientalistPencil and ink sketches of pilaster and bench head ornamentation from Caves No. 29, No. 31, No. 35, No. 45, No. 56, No. 59 and No. 85, with some annotations. Scale is 2 ft to an inch.
West Henry EngineerDrawing of a Pilaster and columns of Verandah, Cave No.17. There is a furhter drawing on tracing paper of the pilaster in cave 26.
West Arthur AndersonDrawings of a pilaster ornament of the inner verandah, and of panelling to the parapet of the outer verandah of Cave number 6.
West Edward William 1824-1905Three pencil and ink drawings of pilaster ornaments from Caves No. 37, 69 and 76. The drawings are date 18th May 1862, included however is a note on the similarity of ornamentation between Cave No. 37 and pilasters at Cave No. 59 which is dated 1st July 1863. Scale is 2 ft. to an inch.
West Arthur Anderson EngineerDetail of a pilaster ornament in Cave No. 42 and of a square column in Cave No. 10. Both are pencil sketches.
Three pencil and ink drawings of pilaster ornamentation from Caves No. 51, 84 and 85, including some annotations and auxiliary sketches. Scale is 2 ft. to the inch.
West Arthur Anderson Engineer