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About Robert Gill
Major Robert Gill (1804–1879) was an army officer, antiquarian, painter and photographer in British India. He is best known for his paintings copying the frescoes of the Ajanta Caves. Gill was the first painter – after their rediscovery in 1819 – to make extensive copies of the Buddhist cave paintings, which mostly date to the 5th century CE. His surviving copies and drawings remain significant in Ajanta studies as the originals have significantly deteriorated since his time.
Everything about Robert Gill →- Occupation
- photographer, military personnel, antiquarian, draftsperson
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- September 26, 1804
- Died
- April 10, 1875