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.
Sem 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.
Sem títuloA folder containing 55 sheets depicting individual and grouped plans of the Kanheri Caves. The folder includes a hand written numerated list of contents.
Sem 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.
Sem títuloHand drawn floor plan of Cave No. 10, or the Durbar Cave, in ink on paper, with some annotations and visual reference to surrounding caves No. 8 and No. 9. Scale is 15 ft. to an inch.
Sem títuloHand drawn floor plan in pencil, ink, and ink wash of caves No. 22 and No. 23, including some annotations. Scale in 15 ft. to an inch.
Sem títuloHand drawn ink and ink was floor plans of caves No. 24, 25, 26 and 27 on paper, including some annotations. Scale is 15 ft. to an inch.
Sem títuloHand drawn ink and ink wash floor plan of Cave No. 28's gallery on paper. Scale is 15 ft. to an inch.
Sem títuloHand drawn ink and ink wash floor plan of Cave No. 39. Scaled is 15 ft. to an inch.
Sem títuloHand drawn ink and ink was floor plan of Cave No. 40. Scale is 15 ft. to an inch.
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