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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), Grégoire, L. (Louis), 1819-1897 (Contributor), Furne (Firm) (Publisher)
Date: 1876?
Department: Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections
Dimensions: image 11 x 15 cm, on sheet 17 x 26 cm
Genre: lithographs
Last Modified: 2025-10-27T16:43:15.749971Z
Language: French
Materials: 1 print
Notes: Rouargue del & 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
Subject: Ghats (Architecture), India--Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh)
Technique: lithography

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