Plate 10. 'Kurma Avatar.' The churning of the cosmic ocean. Bas relief from temple of Nilkanth. Artist(s): Maisey, Frederick Charles, 1825-1892.
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Pencil drawing by F.C. Maisey of the relief depicting the myth of the churning of the milk ocean from the Nilakanth Temple at Kalinjar, from an album of 60 drawings, dated 1847-1854.
Relic Series. Plate.8. Section and plan of No.2 Stupa, Sonari. Artist(s): Maisey, Frederick Charles, 1825-1892.
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Objects illustrated are now held in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Figs.1, 3, 4, 5, 6. corresponds to V&A I.M.219, 221, 222, 220 and 220 A-1921.
Plate 3. Ground Plan of the Cave of Nilkanth and the Ras Mandal. Artist(s): Maisey, Frederick Charles, 1825-1892.
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Watercolour drawing with pen and ink by Frederick Charles Maisey of the ground plan of the cave of Nilkanth and the Ras Mandal at Khalinjar, taken by an album of 60 drawings dated 1847-1850.In his "Descriptions of the antiquities at Kalinjar", Lieut. F. Maisey wrote, "You pass through two gateway...
Plate 9. Elevation of a capital of a column in temple of Nilkanth. Artist(s): Maisey, Frederick Charles, 1825-1892.
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Pencil drawing by Frederick Charles Maisey, of the capital of a column in the temple of Nilkanth in the fort of Kalinjar. This drawing is taken from an album of 60 drawings, dated 1847-1854. Outside the sanctuary there is an hexagonal mandapa or pavilion; this is now roofless but its finely carve...
Rear face of the bottom lintel of the North Gateway of large, or No 1. Sthupa Plate XII. Artist(s): Maisey, Frederick Charles, 1825-1892.
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Pencil drawing heightened in white by Frederick Charles Maisey of the sculptured panel on the rear architrave of the gateway of the stupa of Sanchi and two plans. These drawings are taken from an album of 60 drawings dated 1847-1854. Fig.1 is the panel carved on the rear of the lower architrave o...
Plate 6. Carved shaft of both orders of columns in front of the cave. Artist(s): Maisey, Frederick Charles, 1825-1892.
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Pen and ink and watercolour drawing by Frederick Charles Maisey of the carved columns in front of the cave temple of Nilakanth at Kalinjar, from an album of 60 drawings dated 1847-1854. In his "Descriptions of the antiquities at Kalinjar", Lieut. F. Maisey wrote, "The small brackets or corbels, A...
Figs. 1, 2, 3. 'Varieties of the Model or miniature Sthupas or Chaityas found in the Enclosure of the large Sthupa. Artist(s): Maisey, Frederick Charles, 1825-1892.
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Pen and ink drawing of a variety of miniature stupas found in the enclosure of the Stupa no.1 at Sanchi, by Frederick Charles Maisey, from an album of 60 drawings dated 1847-1854. The drawing is inscribed ''Plate XXX (XXVIII).' On the back: 'Old Plate XLII. New Plate XXX.
Fig.1. The Staff of Bhima, a sandstone pillar at Pathari (Dewas State, Central Indi. Artist(s): Maisey, Frederick Charles, 1825-1892.a)
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Pen and ink and wash drawing by Frederick Charles Maisey, of a sandstone pillar at Pathari, from an album of 60 drawings, dated 1847-1854.In the 'Descriptive list of drawings of Captain Maisey' the artist wrote, "Pathari is a straggling, ruined town, situated along a low ridge, about 10 miles N.E...