[Statue of Bahubali at Karkala]. Artist(s): Johnson, John (c.1769-1846)
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Water-colour drawing by John Johnson of the monolithic statute of the Jain Tirthankara Gomateshvara at Karkala in Karnataka. Inscribed: 'Jaign Collossal Statue at Kauricul. Kanara. 35 feet high from head to feet out of one stone.'
[Waterfall near Haliyal with Johnson sketching in the foreground]. Artist(s): Johnson, John (c.1769-1846)
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Water-colour painting of a waterfall near Halyial with an artist sketching in the foreground. The drawing is inscribed: 'Waterfall in Soonda of the Purwar River, about 4 miles S. W. of Hullyhall taken in the dryest season. Coln Johnson was at Hully Hull 180l. This picture is said to represent him...
Album of 26 ground plans of the Ajanta caves and 16 folios of drawings of sculpture and architectural details in the Ajanta caves. Artist(s): Gill, Robert (c.1824-1875)
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26 ground plans of the Ajanta caves and 16 folios of drawings of sculpture and architectural details in the Ajanta caves. c.1850. f.1 inscribed: ‘Original Drawings from the Buddhist Temples at Ajanta. By Capt. R. Gill.’ Stamped with East India Company Museum numbers. Pencil, pen-and-ink and wa...
Album of 31 folios of drawings of sculpture in the rock-cut caves and temples at Aihole and Badami. 1853. By Indian draftsmen
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31 folios of drawings of sculpture in the rock-cut caves and temples at Aihole and Badami. 1853. f.1 Inscribed in pencil in Marathi script. Translation: ‘Copies taken from the sculptures in the temples and old caves of Haveli and Badami, in the Taluku of Hungund and zilla of Belgaon.’ f.2 Insc...