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Bathing Ghats on the Ganges

Photograph
1914 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Autochrome depicting a set of bathing steps leading down to a river. There are a number of boats in the river on the left side of the image and buildings on the right of the image. Two glass plates sandwiched together to protect the autochrome emulsion layer, taped at the edges.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleBathing Ghats on the Ganges (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Autochrome
Brief description
Photograph by Helen Messinger Murdoch, 'Bathing Ghats on the Ganges', Bevares, India, autochrome, 1914
Physical description
Autochrome depicting a set of bathing steps leading down to a river. There are a number of boats in the river on the left side of the image and buildings on the right of the image. Two glass plates sandwiched together to protect the autochrome emulsion layer, taped at the edges.
Dimensions
  • Height: 165mm
  • Width: 216mm
  • Depth: 3mm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Inv 10949' (Handwritten in pencil on the top right side of the tape surrounding the plate.)
  • '16551' (Handwritten in ink on a white sticker on the top right edge of the tape surrounding the plate.)
Credit line
The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A, acquired with the generous assistance of the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Art Fund.
Place depicted
Other numbers
  • 10949 - RPS identifier - inventory no.
  • XRG845 - RPS collection - V&A identifier
  • 16551 - RPS identifier - inventory no.
Collection
Accession number
RPS.85-2018

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Record createdJanuary 26, 2018
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