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831. WD2221(37)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD2221(37)
Title:
Bibi Achut Kuki's Pulpit Canopy [plan and section]. Artist(s): Burgess, James (1832-1916).
Scope & Content:
The pulpit canopy of Bibi Achut Kuki's Mosque at Ahmadabad in Gujarat from James Burgess' 'Original Drawings [of] Muhammadan Architecture of Ahmadabad.' The Bibi Achut Kuki mosque and tomb complex was built in 1469 for the wife of Imad al Mulk, a minister of Sultan Mahmud Begada (r.1459-1511). Lo...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1884-1886
Extent:
1 item

832. WD2221(63)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD2221(63)
Title:
Ahmadabad: Plan of Rani Sipri's mosque and tomb.. Artist(s): Burgess, James (1832-1916).
Scope & Content:
Plan of Rani Sipri's mosque and tomb at Ahmadabad, in Gujarat from James Burgess' 'Original Drawings [of] Muhammadan Architecture of Ahmadabad.' The Rani Sipri mosque, built in 1514, is located in the south-eastern part of Ahmadabad near the Astodiya gate and was built for Rani Pirai, who was the...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1884-1886
Extent:
1 item

833. WD2223(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD2223(7)
Title:
From the Mosque of Shekh Hasan Muhammad Chisti in Shahpur. Surveyor: Burgess, James (1832-1916)
Scope & Content:
Folio 7. Mosque of Shaikh Hasan Muhammad Chishti located in Shahpur, north of Ahmadabad. Shaikh Hasan Muhammad Chishti (d.1574), of the Shahpur Qazi religious order, built the mosque in 1565-66 for his followers. This small mosque's interior dimensions measure 59 feet in length by 38 feet in dept...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1884-86
Extent:
1 item

834. WD2223(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD2223(11)
Title:
Perforated Window Per Muhammad's Mosque. Mihrab in Shah Aliji's Mosque. Surveyor: Burgess, James (1832-1916)
Scope & Content:
Folio 11. Pen-and-ink drawing of a perforated window in Pir Muhammad's Mosque with plan, section and elevation of a 'mihrab' or prayer niche in Shah Aliji's Mosque at Ahmadabad in Gujarat, by an anonymous draughtsman and dating to between 1884 and 1886. This image is from the Burgess collection, ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1884-86
Extent:
1 item

835. WD2223(23)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD2223(23)
Title:
Ahmadabad. A Figure in the Munchal gardens in front of the Jail. Surveyor: Burgess, James (1832-1916)
Scope & Content:
Folio 23. Pen-and-ink drawing of a sculpture fragment at Ahmadabad in Gujarat, by an anonymous draughtsman, dating to between 1884 and 1886. This image is from the Burgess collection, an album of 49 drawings of plans, sections, elevations, sculpture and architectural details of monuments in Ahmad...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1884-86
Extent:
1 item

836. WD2214(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD2214(9)
Title:
[Ajanta: Cave XVI. Left centre pillar front aisle (left), Left pilaster in the verandah (right)]. Surveyor: Burgess, James (1832-1916)
Scope & Content:
Illustration of pillasters from the verandah of the Buddhist Vihara, Cave XVI at Ajanta, from James Burgess' 'Original Drawings from the Buddhist Rock Temples at Ajanta.' Cave XVI is one of the finest Buddhist caves at Ajanta dating to the 5th Century AD. This view shows the&n...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1878-1880
Extent:
1 item

837. WD2215(14)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD2215(14)
Title:
[Ellora] Pillar in Cave IX (left), Pilaster in Cave V (centre), Pillar in upper floor of Don Thal (right); Artist(s): Burgess, James (1832-1916).
Scope & Content:
Illustration of pillars from various Buddhist caves at Ellora from James Burgess' 'Original Drawings [from the] Report on the Elura Caves.' The spectacular site of Ellora, in Maharashtra, is famous for its series of Hindu, Buddhist and Jain cave temples excavated into the rocky facade of a cliff ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1877-1880
Extent:
1 item

838. WD2215(28)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD2215(28)
Title:
[Ellora Bodhisattvas on the right side of the shrine in the Tin Thal (top), Sculpture in the Tin Thal Cave (bottom)]; Artist(s): Raghoba, Jayrao (fl. 1875).
Scope & Content:
Illustration of sculptures from Tin Thal, Cave XII at Ellora from James Burgess' 'Original Drawings [from the] Report on the Elura Caves.' The spectacular site of Ellora is famous for its series of Hindu, Buddhist and Jain cave temples excavated into the rocky facade of a basalt cliff. The works ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1877-1880
Extent:
1 item

839. WD2212(22)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD2212(22)
Title:
Karli: Vihara No. 1 (top), Karli Caves: Excavation No. II (bottom left), Exacavation No. III (bottom right) [floor plans]. Artist(s): Cousens, Henry (1854-1933) and Purshotam, Ganpat (fl. 1875).
Scope & Content:
Top plan is initialled G.P. and bottom plans are signed Henry Cousens.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1876-1879
Extent:
1 item

840. WD2214(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD2214(13)
Title:
[Ajanta: Cave XVII. Plan of Front Door, Plan of Shrine Door.]. Surveyor: Burgess, James (1832-1916)
Scope & Content:
Plan of the front door and shrine door from the Buddhist vihara, Cave XVII at Ajanta, from James Burgess' 'Original Drawings from the Buddhist Rock Temples at Ajanta.' The Buddhist cave temples of Ajanta were first excavated into a horse-shoe shaped cliff overlooking the Waghora River in the...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1878-1880
Extent:
1 item