Wales, James, 1746 or 1747–1795, Notes on an unidentified temple, between 1792 and 1795
- Call Number:
- MSS 26
- Holdings:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
- Creator:
- Wales, James, 1746 or 1747–1795
- Title(s):
- Notes on an unidentified temple
- Date:
- between 1792 and 1795
- Classification:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Series:
- Series II: Cave descriptions and other notes
- Part of Collection:
- Box 1, folder 21
- 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:
- A fragment of a longer document. The notes mention Brahma, Indra, and Vishnu, and spend considerable time describing a representation of Siva: “having assumed the female form of Parbuttie, in his own person, [Siva] is represented half male and half female, one of his right or Male arms rests on Nundee and the other holds a snake…” The text also spends time commenting on the size of the breast on Siva’s female portion, saying that, “a proof that if ever such had been found in nature that it must have been deemd handsome.” Another area of the text remarks on the sculptures difference from Greek statuary.
- Physical Description:
- 1 folded sheet (4 pages) ; 33 x 24 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/3428519
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/3428519?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1