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Collection Area Visual Arts Subject Ghats Level [40] File

1. Add Or 4720

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4720
Title:
The river frontage at Benares with the Panchganga Ghat in the centre and Aurangzeb's mosque rising above it. Artist(s): Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822)
Scope & Content:
The river frontage at Benares with the Panchganga Ghat in the centre and Aurangzeb’s mosque rising above it. Inscribed below: ‘Benares.- Musgid built by Aurnuzebe and the Minaret belonging to it.’ 320 by 495 mm. Watercolour of Varanasi's Panchaganga Ghat on the Ganges river from 'Views by See...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1814-1815
Extent:
1 Item

2. Add Or 4721

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4721
Title:
Part of the ghats at Benares with the minarets in the distance. Artist(s): Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822)
Scope & Content:
Part of the ghats at Benares with the minarets in the distance on the right. Inscribed below: ‘View of Benares from the East with Rajeghaut to the left.’ 320 by 505 mm. Note: The inscription is wrong. Rajghat is on the eastern extremity of Benares, and the view is in fact downriver towards t...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1814-1815
Extent:
1 Item

3. Add Or 4722

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4722
Title:
Part of the ghats at Benares. Artist(s): Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822)
Scope & Content:
Part of the ghats at Benares. Inscribed below: ‘Another view of Benares with Munkunca Ghaut to the left and a Mundell dedicated to Mahadeo to the Right.’ 320 by 503 mm. Watercolour of Varanasi ghats along the Ganges River from 'Views by Seeta Ram from Benares to Nazibghur Vol. III' produced f...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1814-1815
Extent:
1 Item

4. Add Or 4746

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4746
Title:
The Brahmavarta ghat with attached temple, and other buildings including a mosque, at Bithur. Artist(s): Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822)
Scope & Content:
The Brahmavarta ghat with attached temple, and other buildings including a mosque, at Bithur on the Ganges. Inscribed below: ‘Bithoor.- Bathing place with Hindoo Mundell, and at the Right a Musgid.’ 315 by 480 mm. Watercolour of Brahmavarta ghat at Bithur from 'Views by Seeta Ram from Cawnpor...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1814-1815
Extent:
1 Item

5. 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

6. 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

7. P926

Reference (shelfmark):
P926
Title:
Dusasumade Gaut at Benares, on the Ganges.. Artist(s): Daniell, Thomas (1749-1840)
Scope & Content:
Dusasumade Gaut at Benares, on the Ganges. No. XVI. DUSASUMADE GAUT, AT BERNARES, ON THE RIVER GANGES. The Gauts at Bernares are the most considerable of any on the Ganges. The houses on the river side are occupied for the greater part by religious Hindoos. Vast multitudes of devotees, and ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1796
Extent:
1 Item

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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