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1. ORB.40/584(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
ORB.40/584(2)
Title:
The Hurkee Pyree or Sacred Bathing Ghât at Hurdwar (from the river). Photographer: Glover, Thomas George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View from the river, looking across the Ganges towards the Hari ka Pairi Ghat and other riverside buildings.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

2. ORB.40/584(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
ORB.40/584(3)
Title:
The Hurkee Pyree or Sacred Bathing Ghât at Hurdwar (from the town). Photographer: Glover, Thomas George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View from the upper platform of the ghat looking towards the river, with shrines and a group of Indians in the right foreground. The European figure standing among a group of Indians on the platform resembles Glover.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 2/4(86)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 2/4(86)
Title:
Sipra Ghats at Ujjain. Photographer: Dayal, Deen
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Numbered '316' on album page. Genre: Architectural Photography View of temples and ghats along the bank of the sacred River Sipra.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1882
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 2/4(99)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 2/4(99)
Title:
View looking up towards the Opium Bridge, Indore. Photographer: Dayal, Deen
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Numbered '664' in the negative. Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the Khan River towards the stone bridge, with ghats in the foreground. Indore was at this period the headquarters of the Malwa Opium Agency.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1882
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 11(15)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(15)
Title:
River view near Tanjore. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Photograph taken by Samuel Bourne in 1869.View looking across a river, towards a riverside ghat and mansion among the palms on the far bank; with an Indian figure posed on the riverbank in the foreground.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 11(40)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(40)
Title:
The great mosque of Aurungzebe and adjoining Ghats, Benares. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
View looking along the riverside ghats of the Ganges at Varanasi, towards Aurangzeb's Mosque, which dominates the skyline in the background.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1865
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 11(41)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(41)
Title:
The Burning Ghat, Benares, Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
View looking down onto riverside temples at the Burning Ghat at Varanasi.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1865
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 101(27)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 101(27)
Title:
A Ghaut at Bindrabund. Photographer: Murray, John
Scope & Content:
Photograph of a ghat at Vrindavan in Uttar Pradesh, from the Murray Collection, taken by John Murray in the mid-1850s, from the Murray Collection: 'Photographic views in Agra and its vicinity'. Vrindavan is a pilgrimage town on the bank of the Yamuna river. This is a view of one of the bathing g...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Mid-1850s
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 179(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 179(7)
Title:
Baboo's Ghaut [Calcutta]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Landward view of the entrance to the ghat, a colonnade in the Greek doric order with central pedimented archway on the banks of the Hugli near the Town Hall. The letterpress caption label pasted to reverse records the inscription: 'The Right Hon'ble Lord William...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1872
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 179(15)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 179(15)
Title:
Armenian Ghat [Calcutta]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography A photograph of the ghat from the Hugli riverside, with boats on the foreground. Masts of the larger ships can be seen behind the covered jetty. With descriptive letterpress caption label pasted to reverse.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1872
Extent:
1 item