Lot Essay
17-25 November 1789: The Dasasamadhi Ghat, one of the five most celebrated places of pilgrimage in Benares, is built on the site where Brahma is said to have sacrificed ten horses.
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Thomas Daniell R.A.
Dusasumade Gaut, at Bernares, on the Ganges, (Abbey Travel, no 420, 15)
hand-coloured aquatint, published 1796, from Oriental Scenery, good condition
P. 23 x 18in (59 x 45.7cm)
Dusasumade Gaut, at Bernares, on the Ganges, (Abbey Travel, no 420, 15)
hand-coloured aquatint, published 1796, from Oriental Scenery, good condition
P. 23 x 18in (59 x 45.7cm)