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Subject Ghats Digitised Content No 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. 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 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

9. 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

10. Photo 1003(2242)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(2242)
Title:
Unidentified building with remains of ruined temple, Aska, Ganjam District. Photographer: Caddy, Alexander Edwin
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography A small format print, rather dark. Caption in Bloch's list is given as 'Ruined temple in river', but this appears to refer to the ghat and foreground area rather than the building, which appears of a secular nature. Caddy mentions the site in a report of his act...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1895
Extent:
1 item