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Mss Eur G42
- Record Id:
- 032-002297489
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002297489
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000074.0x000099
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur G42
- Title:
- Charles Masson papers: Drawings of the Bamian Caves. Artist: Charles Masson
- Scope & Content:
-
Collection of pen-and-ink drawings, accompanied by descriptive text, of the Buddhist caves at Bamian. Plate 1 is a general view of the caves (with the celebrated Buddha image, now destroyed, in the centre), followed by a series of architectural details of selected caves. The drawings are fair copies from preliminary sketches to be found in other parts of the Masson papers. Masson visited Bamian on a single occasion in 1832, although these drawings appear to have been prepared at some later date (around 1850). From the collection of Charles Masson (1800-53), (pseudonym of James Lewis), Bengal Artillery 1822, deserted 1827, traveller, Agent to the Government of India at Kabul 1834-36.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-002297489", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Mss Eur G42: Charles Masson papers: Drawings of the Bamian Caves. Artist: Charles Masson" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002297489
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002297489
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 13 folios
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1832
- End Date:
- 1853
- Date Range:
- c. 1850
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Source of Acquisition:
- Found in Commonwealth Relations Office, 1961
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Masson, Charles, traveller and archaeologist, 1800-1853
- Places:
- Caves of Bamian, Afghanistan