Subject: Buddhist divinities - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: WD2217(61)
Title:: [Ellora] Panel on the west side of lower floor in Jaganath Sabha (left), Indra from small cave beneath the Jaganath Sabha (right). Surveyor: Burgess, James (1832-1916)
Scope & Content:: f.61. Illustration of sculptures from Jagannatha Sabha, Cave XXXIII, at Ellora from James Burgess' 'Original Drawings [of] Elura Cave Temples Brahmanical and Jaina, IIII.' The spectacular site of Ellora is famous for its series of Hindu, Buddhist and Jain cave temples excavated into the rocky faç...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1877-1880
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD2217(62)
Title:: [Ellora] Head found at Ellora (left), Pillar from last Jaina cave (right). Surveyor: Burgess, James (1832-1916)
Scope & Content:: f.62. Illustration of fragments from the cave temples at Ellora from James Burgess' 'Original Drawings [of] Elura Cave Temples Brahmanical and Jaina, IIII.' The spectacular site of Ellora is famous for its series of Hindu, Buddhist and Jain cave temples excavated into the rocky façade of a cliff ...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1877-1880
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD2217(63)
Title:: [Ellora] Head found at Ellora (right), Detail of pillar at Kailasa (left). Surveyor: Burgess, James (1832-1916)
Scope & Content:: f.63. Illustration of fragments from the cave temples at Ellora from James Burgess' 'Original Drawings [of] Elura Cave Temples Brahmanical and Jaina, IIII.' The spectacular site of Ellora is famous for its series of Hindu, Buddhist and Jain cave temples excavated into the rocky façade of a cliff ...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1877-1880
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD2770
Title:: Sculpture of Buddha, Moulmein (Burma). 26 May 1853. Artist(s): Parish, Charles Samuel Pollock (1822-1897)
Scope & Content:: Sculpture of Buddha, Moulmein (Burma). 26 May 1853. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘Figure of Gautama-Budha under a Cobra. Moulmein. May 26 1853. C.P. Raspa, the Naga or Snake King who sheltered him as he sat in meditation under the Bo tree. When in Company of Geo. V.P. Mason of H.E.I.C's S.V...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1853
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD3157
Title:: God of the Buddhist scriptures: Pela Pali Devatava. Artist(s): Armstrong, B.M. (fl. 1885)
Scope & Content:: God of the Buddhist scriptures: ‘Pela Pali Devatava’.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1885
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD3344
Title:: Inscribed on reverse: 'Guhyashurie Devi, - the Goddess of Pushputtinath'. Artist(s): Oldfield, Henry Ambrose (1822-1871)
Scope & Content:: Inscribed on reverse: ‘Guhyashurie Devi, - the Goddess of Pushputtinath’. Water-colour; 44 by 30.8 cm
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1850-1863
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD3345
Title:: (i) The five Jinas of Buddhism. (ii) Consorts to the five Jinas. (iii) Five great Bodhisattvas. Artist(s): Oldfield, Henry Ambrose (1822-1871)
Scope & Content:: (i) The five Jinas of Buddhism: Vairocana. ‘1st Vairochana to the right hand of Akshobe, ie to the S.E.’ Aksobhya. ‘2nd Akshobé or Akshobya faces to the East’. Ratnasambhava. ‘3rd Ratnasambhava faces to the South’. Amitabha. ‘4th Amitabha faces to the West’. Amoghasiddhi. ‘5th Amoghasi...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1850-1863
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD3639
Title:: Gold Buddha on silver plinth, Burma. Artist(s): Maisey, Frederick Charles (1825-1892)
Scope & Content:: Gold Buddha on silver plinth. Inscribed: ‘No inscription, dug up from the Pagoda near Qr guard. Silver 6½”. Gold 6¼”‘. Pencil; 25.2 by 17.7 cm.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1852-1853
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD3640
Title:: Seated Buddha on elephant plinth. Artist(s): Maisey, Frederick Charles (1825-1892)
Scope & Content:: Seated Buddha on elephant plinth. Inscribed: ‘Wood-Gilt 4 Elephants some have 5 some 3. Kyangan Jany 4th’. Pencil; 17.7 by 12.7 cm.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1852-1853
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD4317, f.7va
Title:: The two colossal Buddha images at Bamian, Afghanistan.. Artist(s): Haghe, Louis (1806-1895) after Burnes, Alexander (1805-1841)
Scope & Content:: The two colossal Buddha images at Bamian, Afghanistan. Inscribed: ‘Colossal Idols of Bameean’. Pen and ink and water-colour; 30 by 40 cm.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1830
Extent:: 1 Item

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