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Call Number:
MSS 26
Holdings:
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Creator:
Wales, James, 1746 or 1747–1795
Title(s):
Elephanta Memerd.
Date:
1794?
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Series:
Series II: Cave descriptions and other notes
Part of Collection:
Box 1, folder 3
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:
Includes several sheets of memoranda related to Elephanta. Some have lists of various topics or views, while others include information on dimensions and numbers of images. Several are labeled “Subscription Book for Mr. Wales” and divided into columns of “names,” “setts framed,” and “setts unframed.” The text, however, does not actually fall into these categories. One sheet has a drawing of a column, with dimensions of various sections given to the quarter inch.
Physical Description:
8 pages ; 32 x 22 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/3410880
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/3410880?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1