N.E. view of Kailasa, William Daniell, 1 June 1803

N. E. View of kailasa (plate 14)* [*daniell and wales 14*]. The view is from the rear of the deep pit which had been excavated to carve the temple. The basement of the main temple of the kailasanath is constituted by a frieze of elephants in high relief almost life-size. The colonnade the right is overhung by the sheer walls of the trench that surrounds the temple. Object Type: print. Date: 1 June 1803. Place of creation: London. Dimensions: height: 42.6 cm (16.7 in); width: 59.7 cm (23.5 in). Medium: aquatint print coloured. Depicted Place: Ellora Caves. Collection: British Library. N.E. view of Kailasa by Thomas Daniell and James Wales,1803