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Vishnu-Pud and other tempels [sic] Benares

Photograph
ca. 1890 (made)
Artist/Maker
Bourne & Shepherd (photographers)
Place of origin
India (photographed)

A photograph of the Manikarnika Ghat on the River Ganges at Benares in Uttar Pradesh, India, showing a view of Vishnu-Pud and other temples on the bank of the river. There are many figures in the image conducting their daily business around the temple and on the bank of the river; many of the people are blurred due to long exposure.

Object details

Categories
Photographs
Topography
Religion
Architecture
Object type
Photograph
TitleVishnu-Pud and other tempels [sic] Benares (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Gelatin-silver print from Samuel Bourne's original collodion negatives
Photographic Paper
Gelatin-Silver
Brief description
Photograph by Bourne & Shepherd, 'Vishnu-Pud and other tempels [sic] Benares', from an album of 24 photographs of India, gelatin-silver prints made from Bourne's original collodion negatives, India, ca. 1890
Physical description
A photograph of the Manikarnika Ghat on the River Ganges at Benares in Uttar Pradesh, India, showing a view of Vishnu-Pud and other temples on the bank of the river. There are many figures in the image conducting their daily business around the temple and on the bank of the river; many of the people are blurred due to long exposure.
Dimensions
  • Height: 23.3cm
  • Width: 28.8cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1990
Marks and inscriptions
  • ' (Inscribed with the title)
  • 'Bourne & Shepherd' (Inscribed)
  • '1170' (Numbered with Samuel Bourne's own catalogue number)
Subjects depicted
Temples
River
People
Place depicted
India
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1990
  • Haworth-Booth, Mark (ed). The Golden age of British photography, 1839-1900. Millerton: Aperture in association with the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1984. Number: 0905209672.
  • Heathcote, Pauline F. Samuel Bourne of Nottingham. History of Photography. April 1982, vol. 6, no. 2. pp. 99-112.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.2367-1990

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Record createdFebruary 23, 2009
Record URL
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