Entrance to a cave on the island of Elephanta, near Bombay, Maharashtra. Coloured aquatint by T. and W. Daniell, 1800.

  • Daniell, Thomas, 1749-1840.
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1 March 1800
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27799i
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Entrance to a cave on the island of Elephanta, near Bombay, Maharashtra. Coloured aquatint by T. and W. Daniell, 1800. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The cave, located as it is on an island off the entrance to Bombay harbour, had early been noticed by Europeans coming to India. A sculptured elephant that originally stood at the south end had given the island its name of Elephanta. Archer op. cit.

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London (Howland Street, Fitzroy Square) : Thomas Daniell, 1 March 1800.

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1 print : aquatint, with watercolour ; platemark 47.8 x 64.5 cm.

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The entrance to the Elephanta cave Drawn & engraved by Thos Daniell, R.A. & Wm Daniell Bears number bottom right: VII

References note

Travel in aquatint and lithography 1770-1860 from the library of J.R. Abbey, San Francisco 1991, vol. 2, 420.58
Mildred Archer, Early views of India, London 1980, reproduced as no. 134

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Two other impressions of this image, both with watercolour, also exist in the collection

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Wellcome Collection 27799i

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