Thomas and William Daniell never visited Ellora themselves, but Thomas engraved James Wales's engravings after they had been brought back to England by Wales's patron, Sir Charles Warre Malet. Malet had visited the Ellora region in 1793 or 1794 and subsequently encouraged Wales to do the same, which he did in February and March 1795. Thomas Daniell was to base his comments on Malet's article on the region.