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Subject Ghats Material Type Photographs Level [40] File

1. 1781.c.9(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
1781.c.9(16)
Title:
Views on the banks of the Jumna [at Agra]. Photographer: Murray, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography This view, looking along a riverside ghat, towards an octagonal tower surmounted by a chhatri, is identified as '2a. Utilitarian complex, preserved but ruinous' in Ebba Koch, 'The complete Taj Mahal' (Thames and Hudson, London, 2006): 'This type of complex was used ...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1855
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 58773(112)

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 58773(112)
Title:
Ghats at Benares. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View of riverside ghats, with Aurangzeb's Mosque beyond.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890s
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 58773(113)

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 58773(113)
Title:
Ghats at Benares. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking down onto a riverside ghat.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890s
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 58773(114)

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 58773(114)
Title:
One of the ghats, Benares. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography General view of a ghat at Benares (Varanasi).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890s
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. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. Photo 52(24)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 52(24)
Title:
Bashny Ghat on Jumna, Delhi. Photographer: John Murray.
Scope & Content:
With letterpress label on mount: Printed at the School of Industrial Art, Calcutta, from a negative by Dr Murray, Civil Surgeon, Agra.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Feb 1858
Extent:
1 item