Samuel Swinton Jacob and the Jeypore Portfolio: issues in Architectural Recording.

Abstract

This paper [i] explores the work of Sir Samuel Swinton Jacob, a prominent colonial architect in India who was intricately involved in the revival of traditional building crafts in Jeypore state (now Jaipur) in the early nineteenth century. In particular, the focus is on the ‘Jeypore Portfolio of Architectural Details’, which was a collection of architectural details from various historic buildings compiled as a record by Jacob. The paper examines the context of the Portfolio as well as the impact it had on the local crafts. It also looks at the evolution of architectural documentation in India and its general implications. [i] This paper is an excerpt from Vanicka Arora Masters dissertation.