Ajanta: The Colour and Monochrome Reproductions of the Ajanta Frescoes Based on Photography v1.c3.4

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The Government of His Exalted Highness the Nizam, in whose dominions Ajanta is situated, have evinced no small solicitude to procure *faithful* copies of the frescoes, and in 1915, shortly after the creation of the Archaeological Department at Hyderabad, they were pleased to appoint an artist, Mr. Syed Ahmad, who had received his training under Lady Herringham, to copy the frescoes with greater fidelity to the originals. Mr. Syed Ahmad’s efforts in this respect have been crowned with a fair amount of success, for his copies as regards tone are distinctly superior to those made by previous artists. Art enthusiasts, however, have continued to crave for absolutely faithful copies, which they suggest are possible only by a mechanical process, such as colour photography, a method which has made great progress in recent times.