Ajanta frescoes : being reproductions in colour and monochrome of frescoes in some of the caves at Ajanta after copies teken in the years 1909-1911 / by Lady Herringham and her assistansts; with introductory essays by various members of the India Society
London; New York [etc.]: Humphrey Milford Oxford University Press, 1915
Physical Description
28 p., frontis., 42 leaves of plates (some col.): illus., map; 466 mm.
General Note
The contents include: Dedication, Preface, Table of content, Table of plates, The jatakas referred to in the Table of plates, Note on previous copyings of the frescoes (by the editor), The expedition (by Sir Wilmot Herringham), Note on the history and character of the paintings (by Lady Herringham), Note on the manner of taking the copies (by Miss Dorothy M. Larcher), The place of the Ajanta paintings in eastern art (by Laurence Binyon), The import of the Ajanta paintings in the history of art (by William Rothenstein), Buddhist cave-temples and their paintings (by F.W. Thomas, Short bibliography of works treating of ancient Indian painting (sculpture not expressly excluded), or of Buddhist iconography or mythology as represented in art (by F.W. Thomas). The textual material is followed by the 42 plates (plates 1-15 are in colour).
In the Preface it is noted that the volume was presented to members of the India Society as a publication for the years 1914, 1915.
Copy Note
On the loose flyleaf preceding the frontispiece there are handwritten notes in pencil on Ajanta and Buddhist paintings.
There are pencil marginalia, especially on a number of plates noting the subject matter and/or the copyist.
Binding Note
Blue cloth binding with a blue leather spine lettered in gilt, 'Ajanta Frescoes'.
The stamp for the binders (Bickers & Son Ltd London S.W.1) is on the top left corner of the verso of the front endpaper.
Subject
Painting India Ajanta - Buddhist temples - Cave temples - Mural painting and decoration - Painting - India - Bibliography