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B.G. Bromochary, 'Views of Benares, from the River Side' (Benares, 1869).

Catalogue reference: Photo 984

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Photo 984
Title
B.G. Bromochary, 'Views of Benares, from the River Side' (Benares, 1869).
Date
1869
Description

Black half-leather and green buckram bound album measuring 460x387mm, with decorative endpapers, containing 23 albumen prints mounted one to a page, with letterpress captions and descriptive text printed below each image. Each leaf also includes the title of the series, 'Views of Benares, from the River Side', and the photographer attribution, 'By B.G. Bromochary Photographer to H.H. the Maharaja of Benares - 1869.' The album consists of a series of views of the ghats on the Ganges at Varanasi and associated buildings. The volume was restored and rebound with acid free interleaving by the Salisbury Bookbinders in 1985. Process = Albumen prints. Photographers = Brajo Gopal Bromochary,;.

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British Library: Asian and African Studies
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Physical description
23 items
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Immediate source of acquisition
Transferred from European Printed Books Collection, pressmark X.461.
Physical condition
Dimensions: 275 mm x 215 mm.
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/70cb6cd7-f013-4e4f-99ad-a3ce29a180f9/

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