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X432/5(8)
- Record Id:
- 040-003288672
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003288351
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028184975.0x000385
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- X432/5(8)
- Title:
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'Part of the interior of the Elephanta.' Plate 8 from Antiquities of India. Twelve [i.e. Twenty four] views [taken in the years 1790 and 1793] from the drawings of Thomas Daniell.. Artist(s): Daniell, Thomas (1749-1840), and Daniell, William (1769-18
- Scope & Content:
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Part of the interior of the Elephanta.
No. VIII. PART OF THE INTERIOR OF THE ELEPHANTA.
This view is taken near the centre of the Temple, looking westward. The space between four of the pillars is formed into a small temple sacred to Mahadeva, and has an entrance on each side guarded by colossal figures. On the walls are several groups of figures in basso-relievo, evidently relative to the Hindoo mythology, and principally to Mahadeva: many of the figures are of colossal dimensions, and well executed. To the east and west are small apartments, decorated also in the same manner. This excavation is considerably elevated above the sea; the floor, nevertheless, is generally covered with water during the monsoon season; the rain being then driven in by the wind; a circumstance to which, possibly, its present state of decay is chiefly owing, although some have supposed it to have been produced by the violence of hostile superstition.
- Collection Area:
- Printed Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003288351
040-003288672 - Is part of:
- DANIELL, THOMAS (1749-1840), and DANIELL, WILLIAM (1769-1837) : DANIELL, THOMAS (1749-1840), and DANIELL, WILLIAM (1769-1837) Landscape painters…
X432/5(8) : 'Part of the interior of the Elephanta.' Plate 8 from Antiquities of India. Twelve [i.e. Twenty four] views [taken in the years… - Hierarchy:
- 032-003288351[0320]/040-003288672
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: DANIELL, THOMAS (1749-1840), and DANIELL, WILLIAM (1769-1837)
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- British school
European school - Start Date:
- 1799
- End Date:
- 1808
- Date Range:
- 1799-1808
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: aquatint; coloured
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Daniell, William, painter and engraver, 1769-1837
- Subjects:
- Architecture
Daniell Collections
Hindu Temples
Sculpture
Temples - Places:
- Maharashtra, Elephanta, India