Benarès

Printed below image at right: Imp. F. Chardon aîné, 30 r. Hautefeuille, Paris.

Abstract
View of Aurangzeb's Mosque and the ghats, or riverfront steps, leading down to the Ganges River in the city of Vārānasi, India. People, umbrellas, and boats are gathered along the steps, with buildings lining the riverbank.
Contributor
Rouargue, Émile, 1795-1865 (Artist), Rouargue, Adolphe, 1810-1884 (Artist), Chardon, F., aîné, active 1820-1860 (Printer), Grégoire, L. (Louis), 1819-1897 (Contributor), Garnier frères (Publisher)
Date
1876?
Department
Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections
Dimensions
image 11 x 15 cm, on sheet 19 x 28 cm
Last Modified
2025-10-27T16:43:15.749971Z
Language
French
Materials
1 print
Notes
In window mat (23 x 28 cm) with title in manuscript pencil. (Local Note), Rouargue sc. (Statement of Responsibility), Title from caption. (Local Note)
Provenance
Library copy from the library of Donald K. Adams and Lawrence D. Stewart
Related Material
Appears in: Géographie générale, physique, politique et économique / L. Grégoire. Paris : Garnier frères, 1876.
Rights Statement
No Copyright - United States
Series
Donald K. Adams and Lawrence D. Stewart Collection of Prints--Grégoire, L. (Louis), 1819-1897. Géographie générale, physique, politique et économique
Technique
engraving (printing process)
Attribution
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IIIF Manifest
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