DESCRIPTION OF SOME INDIAN IDOLS IN THE MUSEUM OF THE SOCIETY

 

     CADELL, William Archibald.  DESCRIPTION OF SOME INDIAN IDOLS IN THE MUSEUM OF THE SOCIETY.                                                     

Edinburgh; P. Neill, 1822. 4to. Later marbled wrappers. 11 pages, 1 plate.

Rare item with only two copies recorded on OCLC and none in American libraries.  A reprint "from the Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. (Read March 6, 1820)," which describes and tries to understand the religious sculptures brought from India by Francis Simpson, who had presented them to the Society in 1800.  Cadell, with the aid of an attractive engraved plate, places the reliefs of Cali, Suria and Buddha in the context of Indian mythology and compares them with Greek deities.  William Archibald Cadell was a member of a family whose business interests were in coal mining, paper and iron manufacturing.  This enables him to travel and contribute to several artistic, antiquarian and scientific societies.  A very good presentation copy inscribed in ink at the head of the title "Robert Ferguson Esq. from the Author."  Robert Ferguson of Raith, Fife, was a prominent Scottish member of Parliament during the Peel administration.

 

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