Buddhist Tower, Benares #1181
Artist
Bourne, Samuel
Date1860s-1880s
Location depictedBenares, India
MediumPhotograph
ClassificationsVisual Works
Credit LineGift of Mrs. F.H. Brown (from Elihu Taft Estate)
Object number1948.30.7
DescriptionPhotograph of Buddhist Tower in Benares, India; the tower is very deteriorated and there is grass growing on the middle of it and grass and a tree on the top; compositionally the tower sits on the middle of the page and takes up 3/4 of the page; it is made of brick and some remaining ornamentation - carved surface is visible; it is shaped like this: [see drawing on card] and it is roundish; there are two people standing and one person crouching in the middle in front of the temple; trees are in the very left and right background; dirt is in the foregroundOn View
Not on viewCollections
London Stereoscopic & Photographic Co.
19th century
19th century
