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WD2217
- Record Id:
- 040-004286897
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003280691
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100154103664.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WD2217
- Title:
- Album of 82 drawings of plans, sections, elevations, sculpture and architectural details from the Ellora Caves. 1877-1880. Prepared mainly by Indian draftsmen under the supervision of James Burgess
- Scope & Content:
- 82 drawings (64 folios) of plans, sections, elevations, sculpture and architectural details from the Ellora Caves: Cave 17, Chota Dumar Lena (5); Cave 18 (1); Cave 19 (1); Cave 20 (2); Cave 21, Ramesvara (8); Cave 22 (4); Cave 24 (2); Cave 25, Kumbarwada (4); Cave 26 (1); Cave 27 (1); Cave 29, Dumar Lena (11); Indra Sabha Cave (20); Jagannath Sabha Cave (8); miscellaneous small caves (14). 1877-80. f.2 stencilled: ‘Original Drawings. Elura Cave Temples Brahmanical and Jaina. Burgess. III. Archaeological Survey of Western India. vol. V. (New Imperial Series, vol. V.)’ Drawings inscribed with titles in ink or pencil and signed by Jagannath Ananta, H. Cousens, Dinkar Moreshwar, Ganpat Purshotam, Jayrao Raghoba, Clement M. Sykes. Pencil, pen-and-ink; size of volume; 27.5 by 21.5ins. Deposited c.1880. Note: Most of these drawings are reproduced in J. Fergusson and J. Burgess ‘The Cave temples of India’ (London, 1880), and J. Burgess, ‘Report on the Elura cave temples and the Brahmanical and Jaina caves in Western India completing the results of the fifth, sixth and seventh seasons' operations of the Archaeological Survey 1877-78, 1878-79, 1879-80. New Imperial Series V’ (London, 1883).
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003280691
040-004286897 - Is part of:
- WD2210-1565 : BURGESS COLLECTION James Burgess (1832-1916): in India 1855-89. Archaeological Surveyor and Reporter for Western India 1874-80, with…
WD2217 : Album of 82 drawings of plans, sections, elevations, sculpture and architectural details from the Ellora Caves. 1877-1880. Prepared mainly… - Contains:
- WD2217(1) : [Blank page]
WD2217(2) : [Title page]
WD2217(3) : [Ellora] Two of Upper series of small caves Elora. Surveyor: Burgess, James (1832-1916)
WD2217(3a) : [Ellora] A third small cave in the upper series Elora. Surveyor: Burgess, James (1832-1916)
WD2217(4) : [Ellora] Trimurti in small cave north of Kailas (left), Trimurti in Cave XXIV (right). Surveyor: Burgess, James (1832-1916)
WD2217(5) : [Ellora] Plan of Cave XXIII. Surveyor: Burgess, James (1832-1916)
WD2217(6) : [Ellora] Plan of Cave XVII. Surveyor: Sykes, C.M. (fl. 1875-1900)
WD2217(7) : [Ellora] Brahma at the end of the veranda, Cave XVII (left), Pillar in Cave XVII (right). Surveyor: Burgess, James (1832-1916)
WD2217(8) : [Ellora] Brahma at the end of the veranda, Cave XVII. Draughtsman: Raghoba, Jayrao (fl. 1875)
WD2217(9) : [Ellora] Pillar in Cave XVII. Surveyor: Burgess, James (1832-1916)
WD2217(10) : [Ellora] Plan of Cave XVII. Surveyor: Burgess, James (1832-1916)
WD2217(11) : [Ellora] Plan of Cave XIX (top), Rameshvar, plan of door (bottom). Surveyor: Burgess, James (1832-1916)
WD2217(12) : [Ellora] Cave between XIX and XX. Draughtsman: Raghoba, Jayrao (fl. 1875)
WD2217(13) : [Ellora] Plan of Cave XX. Surveyor: Burgess, James (1832-1916)
WD2217(14) : [Ellora] Front of Shrine Cave XX. Surveyor: Burgess, James (1832-1916)
WD2217(15) : [Ellora] Cave XXI Rameshvara. Surveyor: Burgess, James (1832-1916)
WD2217(16) : [Ellora] Door in Rameshvara. Surveyor: Burgess, James (1832-1916)
WD2217(17) : [Ellora] Siva and Parvati Playing at Champat Rameshvara (right), Pillar in Rameshvara (left). Surveyor: Burgess, James (1832-1916)
WD2217(18) : [Ellora] Panels from Rameshvara (top), Saptamatris in Rameshvara (bottom). Surveyor: Burgess, James (1832-1916)
WD2217(19) : [Ellora] Sculptures from the Nilkanth Cave XXII. Surveyor: Burgess, James (1832-1916)
WD2217(20) : [Ellora] Nilakauka Cave XXII. Surveyor: Burgess, James (1832-1916)
WD2217(21) : [Ellora] Pillaster in Cave XXV (left), Plan of Cave XXIV (right). Surveyor: Burgess, James (1832-1916)
WD2217(22) : [Ellora] Plan of Kumbarwada Cave XXV. Surveyor: Burgess, James (1832-1916)
WD2217(23) : [Ellora] Figure from Cave XXV (left), Sculpture from ceiling of Cave XXV(right). Surveyor: Burgess, James (1832-1916)
WD2217(24) : [Ellora] Plan of Cave XXVI. Surveyor: Burgess, James (1832-1916)
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- 032-003280691[0107]/040-004286897
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: WD2210-1565
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 album
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Styles:
- Western India/Bombay style
Western Indian style - Start Date:
- 1877
- End Date:
- 1880
- Date Range:
- 1877-1880
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
- Bound album; Medium: pencil; pen-and-ink
- Source of Acquisition:
- Deposited c.1880.
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Burgess, James, archaeologist, 1832-1916
- Subjects:
- Architecture
Buddhist divinities
Hindu divinities
Sculpture
Temples - Places:
- Ellora, Maharashtra, India