Large pencil and ink drawing of a column with a decorative capital from Cave No. 3. The drawing was made from measurements taken in March 1848.
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Unfinished drawings of examples of columns from Cave No. 1, No. 21 and No. 27, including some comparative notes. Scale is 2 ft. to an inch.
West Henry EngineerPencil and ink sketches of various pillars from Caves No. 10, No. 46, No. 45 and No. 56, with some comparative notes and annotations. Scale is 2 ft. to an inch.
West Henry EngineerA leaf from a notebook systematically comparing the West's account of the Kanheri Caves to that of Abraham Hyacinthe Anquetil du Perron dating from 1760. The comparison appears to be related to the numbering of the caves, as well as to some inscriptions.
Burgess James 1832-1916 ArchaeologistA rough pencil sketch of the cross section of Cave No. 2 with some brief annotations. Scale is a quarter inch to a foot.
West Edward William 1824-1905Pen and ink drawings of the decorative frieze located above the figures flanking a doorway in Cave No. 3 and of a frieze included in the decoration of the outer face veranda parapet of Cave No. 51, including annotations and unfinished drawings of some surrounding architectural features. Scale is a ft. to an inch.
West Arthur Anderson EngineerDescriptions, plans and drawings from some of the Kanheri Topes These were also published in the Journal of the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 10th October 1861. These are:
- A draft descriptive paper.
- Plan and section of a Structural Tope.
- Unfinished duplicate of plan and section.
- Note of angles and dimensions.
- Plan and elevation of a small tope.
- Plan and elevation of capstone of small tope.
- Drawings of Sculptures of Structural Tope.
- Drawings of stones with inscriptions.
- Tracings of some of the drawings.
A list of descriptions of the 'Invocations' groups of sculpture from Kanheri, Ajanta and Aurangabad.
Ink and ink wash drawings of the inner and outer doorways of Caves No. 11 and No. 78, including some annotation. These drawings were made following notes made by Walter West. Scale is one inch to a foot.
West Arthur Anderson EngineerInk and pencil unfinished drawings of the outer doorways of Caves No. 21 and 72. Scale is half an inch to a foot.
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