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Reference code
GB 249 T-GED/22/1/1197
Title
Benares (Varanasi)
Date(s)
- No date (Creation)
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Item
Extent and medium
6 photographs mounted on one sheet: black and white; various sizes (noted below) on [100.9] x 60.6 cm backing
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
Six photographs of Ghats along the River Ganga at Benares, all photographs showing people involved in ritual washings, preparing funerals or other activities, mounted on one sheet.
Anon.
- Panoramic view along the river front of Benares; 29.2 x 24.2 cm on 30.9 x 25.9 cm backing
- View along the river front of Benares; 29.5 x 24.3 cm on 31.2 x 25.7 cm backing
- View along the river front of Benares; 29.2 x 24.3 cm on 31 x 26 cm backing
- View along the river front of Benares; 29.1 x 23.7 cm on 30.9 x 25.5 cm backing
- Religious (?) building at the river front of Benares; 27.8 x 24.7 cm on 29.5 x 26.5 cm backing
- View of the river front of Benares with a temple building; 28.5 x 23.5 cm on 30.4 x 25.8 cm backing
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Conditions governing access
No access restrictions.
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Language of material
- English