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The City of Benares, on the Ganges, View of the Great Mosque of A (?) and Adjoining Landing Places

Samuel Bourne

Cleveland Museum of Art

Black and white photograph of a cityscape along a river. A riverbank with stairs leading down to the water on the left. People sitting on the stairs and riverbank. A cow standing on the stairs. A boat with a pointed bow covered in vegetation in the river on the right. Buildings of varying heights along the riverbank. A large building with two tall towers in the background on the right. A smaller tower on the left. Stairs leading up from the riverbank to the city on the left. People and animals on the stairs. A clear sky.

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900 × 723 px
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