Wales, James, 1746 or 1747–1795, Indian Antiquities, 1794?
- Call Number:
- MSS 26
- Holdings:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
- Creator:
- Wales, James, 1746 or 1747–1795
- Title(s):
- Indian Antiquities
- Date:
- 1794?
- Classification:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Series:
- Series IV: Material related to publications by James Wales
- Part of Collection:
- Box 1, folder 35
- Provenance:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Conditions Governing Access:
- The collection is open without restriction.
- Conditions Governing Use:
- Copyright UndeterminedThe 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:
- Notebook, titled “Indian Antiquities,” containing a variety of notes and lists, as well as a few sketches, mostly related to the prospective publication of a series of prints. Many of the entries carry dates between fall and winter of 1794. Lists early in the volume include drawings done by Robert Mabon—small in size—and portraits of various Maratha individuals. The latter list includes names and paintings and is quite long. Nearby are faint sketches of buildings, a scrap of paper with an image of a deity, flanked by snakes, and a memo referring to a Captain Reynolds. Further pages include a list of caves Wales has “seen or heard of, from good authority,” and notes on Elephanta and temple inscriptions. Wales notes the relation of sculpture to Hindu theology and adds another list of “drawings wanted to complete the Antiquities.” Yet another list details expenses probably related to the publication of these prints, and accompanying text references Wales’s plans to return to Europe to oversee publication. The final pages of the book contain an account of an outing with Charles Warre Malet, a few sketches of pillars and an interior, and a list of “Europe articles for a very particular purpose,” ranging from snuff boxes to a piano forte.
- Physical Description:
- 1 volume ; 27 x 21 cm
- Genre:
- Diaries and Notebooks
- Subject Terms:
- BritishCave templesCavesDescription and travelEllora Caves (India)India
- Associated Places:
- IndiaMumbai (India)Pune (India)
- Associated People/Groups:
- Daniell, Thomas, 1749-1840Gaṅgārāma, active 18th centuryMabon, RobertMalet, Charles Warre, 1752-1815Wales, 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/3410869
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/3410869?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1