拍品 33
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Dusasumade Gaut, at Bernares, on the Ganges (Abbey 420 no.17; Archer I, pl.16)

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Dusasumade Gaut, at Bernares, on the Ganges (Abbey 420 no.17; Archer I, pl.16)

hand-coloured aquatint, May 1796 [watermarked '1794'], thick paper mounted on a larger sheet of thinner paper. light surface soiling to margins
P.490 x 655mm.

拍品專文

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.