This collection consists of seven leather bound portfolios containing topographical drawings, maps, floor plans, notes and papers that the West brothers had created when working in the Maharashtra region of India in the mid to late 1800's. The main focus of the collection is the Kanheri Caves; a group of over 109 rock cut temples located in what is today the Sanjay Gandhi National Park on the western outskirts of Mumbai. The brothers studied these caves over the course of several decades, returning to the site many times to check and amend measurements, locations, and expand open their interpretation of the site. The remainder of the collection covers several other sites such as: Ajanta, Ellora and Daulatabad.
Sin títuloA leather bound portfolio containing two folders titled 'Kanheri Cave Plans' and 'Kanheri Drawings and Sketches'. There is also a notebook of notes taken by Walter West, as well as some loose handwritten notes and letters.
Sin títuloA folder containing 55 sheets depicting individual and grouped plans of the Kanheri Caves. The folder includes a hand written numerated list of contents.
Sin títuloTopographic plan of Kanheri Hill Cave Complex in pencil, ink, and ink wash on paper, with some handwritten annotations. The scale is 300 ft to an inch. A larger version of this plan was published April 1860 in the Journal of the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society.
Sin títuloHand drawn floor plan of Cave No. 1, Unifinished Chaitya, in ink and ink wash on paper. Scale 15ft to an inch. H.W
Hand drawn floor plan on Cave No. 2 in pencil, ink and ink wash on paper, with some annotations and a drawing of an elevation of three stupas. Scale of floor plan is 15ft. to an inch. H.W
Hand drawn floor plan of Caves No. 3 and No. 4 in ink and ink wash on paper, with smaller elevations of two stupas.
A rough hand drawn floor plan of Cave No. 5 in ink and ink wash on paper. Scale 15 ft. to an inch.
Hand drawn topographic view and floor plan of Caves No. 6 and No. 7 in pencil, ink, and ink wash on paper. Scale 15 ft. to an inch.
Sin títuloUnfinished hand drawn floor plan of Caves No. 8, only depicting the tanks, No. 9, and No. 10, pencil, ink and ink wash on paper. Scale 15 ft. to an inch.
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