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1361. WD1596(28)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1596(28)
Title:
Mithunas on pillar brackets and roundels from pillars and ceilings, Cave III, Badami. Artist(s): Uknown.
Scope & Content:
Pen-and-ink drawings of the amourous couples (mithunas) on the pillar brackets and of the roundels from the pillars and ceilings of Cave III, Badami, by an Indian draftsman, dated 1853.Badami, formerly known as Vatapi, was the capital of the Early Chalukya rulers in the sixth - eighth centuries. ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1853
Extent:
1 item

1362. WD1596(29)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1596(29)
Title:
Dvarapalas, Cave II, Badami (above), Cave I, Badami. Artist(s): Uknown.
Scope & Content:
Pen-and-ink and wash drawing of sculptures of guardian figures (dvarapalas) from Cave II, Badami (above) and Cave I, Badami, from an Indian draftsman, dated 1853.Badami, formerly known as Vatapi, was the capital of the Early Chalukya rulers in the sixth - eighth centuries. The town is situated be...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1853
Extent:
1 item

1363. WD1596(30)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1596(30)
Title:
Ardhanari, Harihara, Cave I, Badami. Artist(s): Uknown.
Scope & Content:
Pen-and-ink drawing of two sculptures from Cave I, Badami, depicting Harihara and Ardhanarishvara, by an Indian draftsman, dated 1853.Badami, formerly known as Vatapi, was the capital of the Early Chalukya rulers in the sixth - eighth centuries AD. The town is situated between two rocky hills of ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1853
Extent:
1 item

1364. WD1596(31)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1596(31)
Title:
Dvarapala, Dancing Shiva, Mahishasura Mardini, Cave I, Badami. Artist(s): Uknown.
Scope & Content:
Pen-and-ink and wash drawing of a sculpture of a guardian figure (dvarapala), dancing Shiva and Mahishasura Mardini from Cave I, Badami, by an Indian draftsman, dated 1853.Badami, formerly known as Vatapi, was the capital of the Early Chalukya rulers in the sixth - eighth centuries. The town is s...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1853
Extent:
1 item

1365. WD1596(32)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1596(32)
Title:
[Garuda (centre), Cave III, Badami]. Artist(s): Uknown.
Scope & Content:
Pen-and-ink drawing of sculptures from Cave III, Badami, by an Indian draftsman, dated 1853. Badami, formerly known as Vatapi, was the capital of the Early Chalukya rulers in the sixth - eighth centuries. The town is situated between two rocky hills of red sandstone that surround an artificial la...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1853
Extent:
1 item

1366. WD1596(33)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1596(33)
Title:
[Kumara, Naga, Ganesha and Mithunas from Cave I, Badami]. Artist(s): Uknown.
Scope & Content:
Pen-and-ink drawing of sculptures from Cave I, Badami, by an Indian draftsman, dated 1853. Badami, formerly known as Vatapi, was the capital of the Early Chalukya rulers in the sixth - eighth centuries. The town is situated between two rocky hills of red sandstone that surround an artificial lake...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1853
Extent:
1 item

1367. WD1619(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1619(1)
Title:
[Title page decorated with drawing of Matanga, Cave 32, Ellora, surrounded with 'gloriosa superba' and quotation from Isaiah]. Artist(s): Anonymous
Scope & Content:
Folio 1. Title page decorated with drawing of Matanga, Cave 32, Ellora, surrounded with 'gloriosa superba' and quotation from Isaiah. Inscribed on watercolour: ‘Smudges and Nigglings of a tour in the Northern Deccan.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1849-1853
Extent:
1 item

1368. WD1619(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1619(2)
Title:
Ramesvara Cave, Cave 21, Ellora. Artist(s): Anonymous
Scope & Content:
Folio 2. Wash drawing of the interior of Rameshvara, Cave 21 at Ellora. Inscribed: 'Rameshwur. Ellora. Septr 15'. Although the artist is unidentified, these drawings are of some interest since they show the state of the Ajanta and Ellora Caves soon after the Royal Asiatic Society had brought them...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1849-1853
Extent:
1 item

1369. WD1619(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1619(3)
Title:
The Dhurwaree Caves. Artist(s): Anonymous
Scope & Content:
Folio 3. Pencil and wash drawing of sculptures in the Dher Warra, Cave 5, Ellora. This drawing depicts some figures carved in the cave. Lengthy inscription in ink on the lower left hand of the page (not recorded here). Inscribed: 'The Dhurwaree Caves
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1849-1853
Extent:
1 item

1370. WD1619(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1619(4)
Title:
[Hindu temple used as Muhammadan shrine]. Artist(s): Anonymous
Scope & Content:
Folio 4. Wash and watercolour drawing of a Hindu temple used at a Muslim shrine. The drawing is inscribed: "An ancient Hindu temple appropriated for a shrine to a Mussulman tomb. Of this there are several instances. Votive offerings of a piece of red cloth are suspended to the tree by women desid...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1849-1853
Extent:
1 item

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