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 29 Mar 2014 Rare Paintings
Jodhpur Fort (Eastern side) - 1890

Water-colour drawing by G.F. Lamb of the east view of the Jodhpur Fort in Rajasthan, dated c.1890. Inscribed on the front in ink: 'G.F.L.'; on the back in ink: 'Jodhpur Fort. Eastern side by G.F. Lamb.'

The formidable Meherangarh Fort, considered the finest in... Read More
 18 Mar 2014 Rare Photographs
The Great Temple, Jhalrapatan - 1860

Photograph from an album of 80 albumen prints taken by Eugene Clutterbuck Impey. Modern Jhalrapatan, in the Jhalawar region of Rajasthan, was founded by the side of an artificial lake in 1796, close to an old site, by Zalim Singh the chief of Jhalawar, and be... Read More
 14 Mar 2014 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
Inscriptions from the Cave-temples of Western India
By James Burgess and Bhagwanlal Indraji Pandit
Published by Government Central Press, Bombay - 1881

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Part of the Kanheri Caves, Salset... Read More
 13 Mar 2014 Rare Paintings
Ellora: Head found at Ellora (left), Pillar from last Jaina cave (right) - 1877
By Draughtsman: Jayrao Raghoba (fl. 1875)

Illustration of fragments from the cave temples at Ellora from James Burgess' 'Original Drawings [of] Elura Cave Temples Brahmanical and Jaina, IIII.' The spectacular site of... Read More
 13 Mar 2014 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
Report on the Elura cave temples and the Brahmanical and Jaina caves in western India; completing the results of the fifth, sixth, and seventh seasons' operations of the Archaeological survey, 1877-78, 1878-79, 1879-80. Supplementary to the volume on "The cave temples of India.... Read More
 13 Mar 2014 Rare Photographs
Kailasanatha temple at Ellora - 1865

Photograph of the entrance to the Kailasanatha temple at Ellora, part of the Allardyce Collection: Album of views and portraits in Berar and Hyderabad, taken by J. Johnston in the 1860s. The site of Ellora has a spectacular series of Hindu, Buddhist and Jain ... Read More
 13 Mar 2014 Rare Photographs
Indra Sabha Cave, Ellora - 1865

Photograph of the pillars inside the Indra Sabha cave at Ellora, part of the Allardyce Collection: Album of views and portraits in Berar and Hyderabad, taken by J. Johnston in the 1860s. The site of Ellora has a spectacular series of Hindu, Buddhist and Jain cave ... Read More
 12 Mar 2014 Rare Paintings
In the Kylas Temple, Ellora, India, March 1878
By Marianne North

Oil on paper, 25.2 x 35.3 cm

Collection: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Read More
 12 Mar 2014 Rare Paintings
In the Kylas Temple, Ellora, India, March 1878
By Marianne North

Oil on paper, 25.2 x 35.3 cm

Collection: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Read More
 12 Mar 2014 Rare Paintings
In the Kylas Temple, Ellora, India, March 1878
By Marianne North

Oil on paper, 25.2 x 35.3 cm

Collection: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Read More
 12 Mar 2014 Rare Paintings
Interior of the Cave Temple of Indra Sabha at Ellora - 1830

This is plate 25 of Robert Melville Grindlay's 'Scenery, Costumes and Architecture chiefly on the Western Side of India'. Grindlay (1786-1877) was only 17 when he arrived in India in 1803. He served with the Bombay Native Infantry from ... Read More
 12 Mar 2014 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
A short guide to the cave temples of Elura
By Shamsul Ulama, Syed Ali Bilgrami
Published by H. Plumbe, Madras - 1898

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Great excavated temple at Ellora - 1813

This is plate 12 of Robert M... Read More
 11 Mar 2014 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
Observations on the sculptures in the Cave Temples of Ellora
By Captain Robert Melville Grindlay
Accompanied by plates
Published in the Transactions of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland- 1st January 1829

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 10 Mar 2014 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
An account of some sculptures in the Cave Temples of Ellora
By Captain Robert Melville Grindlay
Accompanied by plates
Published in the Transactions of Bombay Literary Society - 1828

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 8 Feb 2014 Rare Paintings
Illustration from the book:

Indian Pictures
Drawn with pen and pencil
By the Rev. W. Urwick
Published by Religious Tract Society, London - 1881 Read More
 8 Feb 2014 Rare Paintings
Illustration from the book:

Indian Pictures
Drawn with pen and pencil
By the Rev. W. Urwick
Published by Religious Tract Society, London - 1881 Read More
 8 Feb 2014 Rare Paintings
Illustration from the book:

Indian Pictures
Drawn with pen and pencil
By the Rev. W. Urwick
Published by Religious Tract Society, London - 1881 Read More
 8 Feb 2014 Rare Paintings
Illustration from the book:

Indian Pictures
Drawn with pen and pencil
By the Rev. W. Urwick
Published by Religious Tract Society, London - 1881 Read More
 8 Feb 2014 Rare Paintings
Illustration from the book:

Indian Pictures
Drawn with pen and pencil
By the Rev. W. Urwick
Published by Religious Tract Society, London - 1881 Read More
 8 Feb 2014 Rare Paintings
Illustration from the book:

Indian Pictures
Drawn with pen and pencil
By the Rev. W. Urwick
Published by Religious Tract Society, London - 1881 Read More