- Title:
Bramha and Nursingdara Ghat, Varanasi
- Additional Title(s):
Brimhha and Nursingdara Gaut, Bunares
- Date:
- between 1788 and 1789
- Medium:
- Gray wash with graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 11 5/8 x 19 inches (29.5 x 48.2 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper center: "Brimha & Nursingdara gaut - Benares | W. Daniell R.A"; inscribed on back, upper left: "Mellon 9925A"; upper right: "(3)18 OR | Sundar Te No. 17, Part I, Abbe(?), No 420 | 183 | No. 1 (encircled)"; center right: "96936/3/6P | P"; lower left: "Brimha Gaut-"; lower right: "1381 | no. 9 | Nursingdara Gaut-"; in brown ink, lower right: "no. 25 (crossed out) Brimha + Nursingdara Gaut Benares"
watermark: fleur-de-lis (similar to Heawood 1849)
Signed in brown ink, lower right: "Wm Daniell"; not dated
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.4677
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- arches | architectural subject | boats | buildings | cityscape | figures | flags | genre subject | ghat | Hinduism | river | sailboats | steps | trees | walking
- Associated Places:
- Asia | Ganges | India | Uttar Pradesh | Varanasi
- Access:
- View by request in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:9340
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William Daniell, 1769–1837, British, Bramha and Nursingdara Ghat, Varanasi, between 1788 and 1789
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