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Add Or 4722
- Record Id:
- 040-003278557
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003278523
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181659.0x002308
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100146889447.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add Or 4722
- Title:
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Part of the ghats at Benares. Artist(s): Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822)
- Scope & Content:
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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 for Lord Moira, afterwards the Marquess of Hastings, by Sita Ram between 1814-15. Marquess of Hastings, the Governor-General of Bengal and the Commander-in-Chief (r. 1813-23), was accompanied by artist Sita Ram (flourished c.1810-22) to illustrate his journey from Calcutta to Delhi between 1814-15.
Varanasi (Benares) on the river Ganges is one of the seven sacred cities of the Hindus. Ganges was said to have descended from heaven to earth and is regarded by Hindus as amrita, the elixir of life; those who touch the water are said to be absolved of sin. The waterfront of Varanasi is lined with over 100 ghats, with long flights of stone steps where residents and pilgrims come to perform their ablutions and worship in the temples. An idealized view of the ghats, possibly Manikarnika Ghat, and temples in the background.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- Hastings Albums
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003278523
040-003278557 - Is part of:
- Add Or 4698-5221, WD4396-4406 : THE HASTINGS ALBUMS 25 albums of drawings by Indian, Chinese and British artists collected by the Earl of…
Add Or 4722 : Part of the ghats at Benares. Artist(s): Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822) - Hierarchy:
- 032-003278523[0034]/040-003278557
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add Or 4698-5221, WD4396-4406
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100146889447.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- Bengal style
Calcutta style
Eastern India style - Start Date:
- 1814
- End Date:
- 1815
- Date Range:
- 1814-1815
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: watercolour
- Publications:
- J. P. Losty, Sita Ram's painted views of India : Lord Hastings's journey from Calcutta to the Punjab, 1814-15 (London: Thames and Hudson, 2015).
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)