Temple of Ganesa, Benares, India - Original Steel Engraving - 1839
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Original antique engraving of 1839, «Infanticide in the temple of Ganesa, Benares», engraved on steel by Thomas Jeavons after a drawing by T. C. Dibdin. It shows the vaulted interior of a temple at Benares, with niches and elephant-shaped corbels, crossed by a shaft of light.
Original antique engraving of 1839, «Infanticide in the temple of Ganesa, Benares», engraved on steel by Thomas Jeavons after a drawing by T. C. Dibdin. It shows the vaulted interior of a temple at Benares, with niches and elephant-shaped corbels, crossed by a shaft of light.
The lettering gives the title in English and in Welsh and the imprint of A. Fullarton & Co., London and Edinburgh. Thomas Jeavons (1795-1867) was one of the regular engravers of the British topographical series of the first half of the 19th century.
Medium: Steel engraving.
Artist / after: Thomas Robert Colman Dibdin (1810-1893).
Engraver: Thomas Jeavons (1795-1867).
Date: 1839.
Source: A. Fullarton & Co., London and Edinburgh.
Dimensions: 10.8 x 7.2 in (27.4 x 18.2 cm).
Condition: Good. Clean paper with wide margins, with light toning natural to its age.
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Original antique engraving of 1839, «Infanticide in the temple of Ganesa, Benares», engraved on steel by Thomas Jeavons after a drawing by T. C. Dibdin. It shows the vaulted interior of a temple at Benares, with niches and elephant-shaped corbels, crossed by a shaft of light.