The Ganges entering the Plains near Hurdwar (Haridwar) c1835.

$45.00

Antique print of sacred Ganges River at Haridwar, Gateway to the Gods and to four major pilgrimages: Char Dham – Kedarnath, Badrinath, Gangotri and Yamunotri. Lovely scene with people, sailing boats and a raft on the river, and people, elephant-, camel- and horse-riders on the road

Original fine steel engraving by William Finden from a drawing by W. Purser after the drawing from nature by Lieutenant George Francis White, for Captain Robert Elliot's Hindostan: Its landscapes, palaces, temples, tombs: The Shores of the Red Sea: and The Sublime and Romantic Scenery of the Himalaya Mountains, published in London circa 1835 by Peter Jackson. 

Size: 220 x 285mm (8 1/2 x 11 1/4 inches)