Title(s)

View of the Manikarnika-ghat in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

Object type

• photomechanical print

Object number

RP-F-2001-7-1011-10

Inscriptions / marks

• title: ‘THE BURNING GHÂT, BENARES.’

Description

De Manikarnika-ghat was ook bekend als de Burning Ghat vanwege de consistente crematie die daar plaatsvindt.

Artist

• maker: anonymous

Place

Varanasi

Dating

c. 1866 - in or before 1876

Material

• paper

Measurements

height 104 mm × width 130 mm

What

• sloping street; street with steps or stairs

Where

• Benares

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the Mondriaan Stichting, the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, the VSBfonds, the Paul Huf Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds and the Egbert Kunstfonds

Acquisition

purchase 2001

Copyright

Public domain

Is part of

• Dottings round the circle (RP-F-2001-7-1011)