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Benares, the Burning Ghat by Samuel Bourne — VisualArtsDB

Benares, the Burning Ghat

Benares, the Burning Ghat

1865–1866

Medium: Albumen silver print
Dimensions: image: 23 x 29 cm (9 1/16 x 11 7/16 in.)
Genre: Photographs
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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