Two polychrome scaled copies of paintings from Cave No. 16 and No. 21. The copy of the painting from Cave No. 16, which depicts a group of robed figures on the ceiling of the cave, is unfinished. The copy from Cave No. 21 depicts the remains of a grid of seated figures on the back wall of the cave, as well as some surrounding architectural detail. The scale of this drawing is one inch to a foot.
Correspondence concerning the bequest of Professor Walter Perceval Yetts involving the residue of his estate after the death of his widow and his two sisters. The majority of the correspondence dates from 1972-1974 with a supplementary letter of 25 February 1982.
Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and IrelandWar/Peace Report: A Vietnam Settlement: The View from Hanon by Richard A. Falk and other articles on Vietnam.
Correspondence concerning the payment of War Damage Insurance Contributions by the Royal Asiatic Society for 74 Grosvenor Street. The correspondence is mainly between the Royal Asiatic Society, their Solicitors T.L. Wilson & Co., the freeholder's solicitor, Boodle, Hatfield & Co., Lloyd's Bank, and H.M. Inspector of Taxes. There are also two items of printed material explaining the War damage Insurance Scheme.
Lloyds Bank"War in China and India Pivots on Burma Road" by Quaritch Wales, from America, 27th February 1943, pp.568-570.
Two articles by Wilfred Thesiger in a series War in Yemen. The Article for 21 December is entitled "Disenchantment with the Egyptians". The Article for 22 December is entitled "Tribesmen acknowledge the Imam's rule".
Thesiger Sir Wilfred Patrick 1910-2003"War menaces Asia's finest monuments" by Quaritch Wales, from Travel, April 1944, Vol.82, No.6, pp.4-9.
Biographical details of Warwick Ball in preparation for his lecture in honour of Ralph Pinder-Wilson.
Ball Warwick 1951-Report from Morton-Smith & Co., Chartered Surveyors, concerning water penetration through roof leakages into the property. Four page report with accompanying 10 colour photographs.
Morton-Smith & Co. Surveyors"W.C. Peppé's Excavations at Piprahwa: Supplementary Note by R B Parsons" in which he comments concerning how further excavations of the site, which are published in "Excavation at Piprahwa and Ganwari" by K.M. Srivastava (New Delhi 1996: Memoirs of the Archaeological Survey of India No 94), may affect interpretation of the material.
Parsons Roger B RAS Volunteer