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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Dusasumade Gaut, at Bernares, on the Ganges
hand-coloured aquatint, May 1796 [watermarked '1794'], thick paper, unobtrusive light surface spotting
P.533 x 722mm.
hand-coloured aquatint, May 1796 [watermarked '1794'], thick paper, unobtrusive light surface spotting
P.533 x 722mm.