A 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.
Sans titreA folder containing 55 sheets depicting individual and grouped plans of the Kanheri Caves. The folder includes a hand written numerated list of contents.
Sans titreA small hand written note with some rough sketches regarding the dimensions and decoration of Cave No. 3, mounted on a A4 sheet of paper.
An unbound notebook of notes, sketches and drawings taken by Walter West during his visit to the Kanheri Caves on the 27th and 28th of December 1870. The notebook is comprised of 36 pages, with an additional 12 smaller inserted pages. The notes were taken to complete the information which had previously obtained regrading the facades, columns, pilasters and stūpas. Also included is W. West's travel itinerary and a brief summary of his stay at the Caves.
Sans titreA folder containing 50 pages of drawings.
Sans titreInk and ink wash partial elevation drawing of the left front side of Cave No. 10 drawn from the notes taken by Walter West made during his visit in December 1870. Scale is half an inch to a foot.
Sans titreInk and ink wash elevations of part of the parapet of Cave No. 12 and facade of Cave No. 63 drawn following notes made by Walter West in December 1870. Scale is half an inch to a foot.
Sans titreTwo ink and ink wash drawings of the right side frontal elevations of Caves No. 52 and No. 53 made after notes taken by Walter West in December 1870. Scale is half an inch to a foot.
Sans titreInk and ink wash drawings of the inner and outer doorways of Caves No. 11 and No. 78, including some annotation. These drawings were made following notes made by Walter West. Scale is one inch to a foot.
Sans titreA leather bound folder containing two notebooks titled Kanheri: Caves I to XXI and Kanheri Caves II (caves xxi to xxxviii). There is also a comparative list of the West's account and that of French Indologist A. H. Anequetil Du Perron, as well as four pieces of scrap paper of calculations and shorthand lists.
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