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WD546(19)
- Record Id:
- 041-003791643
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003288271
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100116962517.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100166456052.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WD546(19)
- Title:
- Miscellaneous Series Plate1. Plan and Sections of Majkund's Cave at Dholpur (Rajputana). Artist(s): Maisey, Frederick Charles, 1825-1892.
- Scope & Content:
- Pen and ink drawing with watercolour of the plan and sections of Majkund's Cave at Dholpur in Rajasthan, by Frederick Charles Maisey, from an album of 60 drawings dated 1847-1854.In the 'Descriptive List of drawings of Captain Maisey' the artist wrote: "Dholpur is chiefly celebrated for the gumpha or cell of Majkund; this is a place of pilgrimage, and the scene of a yearly Mela or fair in celebration of the death of Khaljuman… “Majkund ke Gumpha”, the cave or properly cell of Majkund, is in a small hill some distance from the City; it is a small hollow under protecting rocks, artificially built up to as to resemble a cave (Plate 1) and reached through a flat slabroofed chamber (Plate 1.a) tenanted, at the time of my visit, by two Fakirs."
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003288271
040-003791612
041-003791643 - Is part of:
- Maisey Collection : Maisey Collection
WD546 : Album of 60 drawings: 13 depicting relic caskets from the Buddhist stupas at Sanchi, Sonari, Satdhara and Bhojpur; 17 depicting the…
WD546(19) : Miscellaneous Series Plate1. Plan and Sections of Majkund's Cave at Dholpur (Rajputana). Artist(s): Maisey, Frederick Charles,… - Hierarchy:
- 032-003288271[0002]/040-003791612[0031]/041-003791643
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Maisey Collection
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100166456052.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1847
- End Date:
- 1854
- Date Range:
- 1847-1854
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Appointment required to view these records. Please consult Asian and African Studies Print Room staff.
- Physical Characteristics:
- 28.5 x 37 cm
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)