13 albumin photographs of Benares ghats along with the book BENARES AND ITS GHATS

13 large albumin photographs of Benares ghats. Each measuring 11 x 14.5 in (27.9 x 36.8 cm)

These are certainly from a disbound album of photographs [see the lot 2] taken by BABU JAGESHWAR PRASAD, royal photographer of the Maharaja of Benares, in the 1880s. Each photograph is pasted on a loose sheet with the title of the image pasted below in the form of a printed paper strip.

These are titled:

Amrit Rao Chutter Ghat
Shiwala Ghat
Baji Rao Ghat
Burning Ghat
Dasaswamedh Ghat
Munikarnika Ghat
Observatory of Manmundir
Kedar Ghat
Lulta Ghat & Nepaulees Temple
Munshi Ghat
Minaret & Punchganga Ghat
Assisangum Ghat
Ghosla Ghat

Included with this lot is a book:

Benaras and its ghats, Benaras: Kashi Tirth Sudhar Trust, 1931
pp. xxx, 154 pages; printed in sepia ink and profusely illustrated with printed sepia images set within green ornamental strips. Illustrates all the ghats of Benares and the images appear to have been taken in the 19th century.
Original cloth binding.
6.5 x 10 in (16.5 x 25 cm)

NON-EXPORTABLE

This lot will be shipped unframed and will be sold in "as is" condition. For further details, please refer to the images of individual lots as reference for the condition of each photograph.