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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):
Drawings of Indian Antiquity now in my Possession, Elephanta Temple &c &c
Date:
1794 July 9
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Series:
Series IV: Material related to publications by James Wales
Part of Collection:
Box 1, folder 36
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:
Dated “Bombay 9 July 1794,” the document contains a numbered list of different views taken at the Elephanta cave temple complex. Below the list is a brief narrative description of the location of the cave and their appearance from the outside. The text is accompanied by a slightly torn folder.
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/3410881
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/3410881?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1