Wales, James, 1746 or 1747-1795, Memorandums relating to Garrpoora or Elephanta, 1794?
- Call Number:
- MSS 26
- Creator:
- Wales, James, 1746 or 1747-1795
- Title(s):
- Memorandums relating to Garrpoora or Elephanta
- Date:
- 1794?
- Classification:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Series:
- Series II: Cave descriptions and other notes
- Part of Collection:
- Box 1, folder 4
- Provenance:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Conditions Governing Access:
- The collection is open without restriction.
- Conditions Governing Use:
- The 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 Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts.
- Scope and Content:
- Includes a narrative account of the cave complex at Elephanta in a hand that may not be Wales’s, though there are annotations that clearly belong to Wales at the bottom of several pages. The text describes the area around the caves, inhabited by people who make their living by making liquor from a certain type of tree. Wales notes the former presence of several sculptures at the entrance to the complex, such as an elephant carrying her young, but says that they are now decayed or missing. The author notes that much of the structure has been damaged by the elements or by vandalism: “I could not help feeling indignant regret on observing that time had not been the only agent employed in destroying the most valuable part of this magnificent effort of Human art.” A footnote, however, gives some details on the British government’s attempts to preserve the site.
- Physical Description:
- 1 folded sheet (4 pages) ; 35 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
- Archival Object:
- https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/3410879
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/3410879?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1