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Call Number:
MSS 26
Holdings:
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Title(s):
For Mr. Wales, to introduce in his acct. of the Temple of Elephanta near Bombay.
Date:
between 1792 and 1795
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Series:
Series IV: Material related to publications by James Wales
Part of Collection:
Box 1, folder 39
Provenance:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open without restriction.
Conditions Governing Use:
Copyright Undetermined

The collection is the physical property of the Yale Center for British Art. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the Archives Department.
Scope and Content:
A summary of other works and engravings relevant to the caves near Bombay and at Elephanta. The author introduces several works, in chronological sequence, providing a brief explanation of their contents, along with comments on their quality and coverage. The author describes the excavations of the caves at Elephanta and condemns the practice of taking portions of the sculptures as keepsakes by tourists. The author closes with the story of an artist who had made preliminary sketches, but who then died in China, leading to his collection being “lost to the world.” Title from docket.
Physical Description:
1 folded sheet (4 pages) ; 39 x 24 cm
Genre:
Diaries and Notebooks
Subject Terms:
British
Cave temples
Caves
Description and travel
Ellora Caves (India)
India
Associated Places:
India
Mumbai (India)
Pune (India)
Associated People/Groups:
Daniell, Thomas, 1749-1840
Gaṅgārāma, active 18th century
Mabon, Robert
Malet, Charles Warre, 1752-1815
Wales, James, 1746 or 1747-1795
Finding Aid Title:
James Wales archive
Collection PDF:
https://ead-pdfs.library.yale.edu/11766.pdf
Archival Object:
https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/3410865
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/3410865?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1