*View of Mutura on the River Jumna, by Thomas and William Daniell, 1803* (BL)
*"Muthura Fort (on The Jumna)," an aquatint by Francis Swain Ward, 1803* (BL)
*"The
Visrant ghaut on the river Jumna at Mathura," a watercolor by Seeta
Ram,
c.1814-15* (BL);
also: *Aurangzeb's
red sandstone mosque [built in 1670]* [*Sita
Ram 1815b*]
also: *Exterior
and interior views of the Siva temple on the Ganga ghat at Mathura*
[*Sita Ram 1815c*];
also: *View
of Mathura with 'Abd al-Nabi's mosque in the centre* [*Sita
Ram 1815d*]
Source: ebay, Mar. 2006
"Great Temple at Gokul [a small town near Mathura]," from Meyer's Universum, 1848; *a very large scan of this engraving*
Source: ebay, Apr. 2006
"An old fort at Muttra," from vol. 3 of 'The Indian empire' by Robert Montgomery Martin, c.1860
Source: http://www.archive.org/details/indianempirehist03martuoft
(downloaded Jan. 2009)
*"The Visram Ghaut, Muttra [Mathura]," a photo by Eugene Clutterbuck Impey, 1860's* (BL) [*Impey 1860's*]
"View of Muttra" by G. Bonheur, from 'Le Tour du Monde', 1873
Source: ebay, Oct. 2008
A meeting at a temple gateway in Mathura, by Edwin Lord Weeks, c.1885
Source:
http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/search/LotDetail.asp?sid=&intObjectID=4695952&SE=CMWCAT04+15574+171833843+&QR=M+1+70+Aqc0000900+12321++Aqc0000900+&entry=india&SU=1&RQ=True&AN=71
(downloaded Apr. 2006)
"Edwin Lord Weeks (American, 1849-1903). Meeting at the Steps of a
Temple
Gateway, Muttra; signed 'E. L. Weeks' with the artist's Moghul device
(lower
left); oil on canvas; 28 x 22½ in. (71.1 x 57.2 cm.). Painted
circa
1885. Literature Weeks, Edwin Lord: From the Black Sea through
Persia
and India, New York: 1895; related illustration p. 334.
Lot Notes This is an imposing figurative painting within an
elaborate
architectural framework, likely based on studies Edwin Lord Weeks
executed
during his first expedition to India in 1882-83. Somewhat unusual for
the
artist, the setting is Hindu, a pink sandstone temple probably
dedicated
to Vishnu, as were many temples in the city of Muttra (today known as
Mathura).
Muttra, a small city near Delhi, was then, as today, a center of the
cult
of Krishna and a sacred city. As Weeks termed it, '[a]n ancient City
and
place of Pilgrimage.' (Empire of India Exhibition, Illustrated Official
Catalogue, London, 1895, p. 210).."
*Street scene, Mathura. '6th Decr. 1878', an oil painting by Marianne North* (BL)
*The Ghats, Muttra, a photo c.1903* (BL)
A tourist poster featuring Bengali Ghat; *another poster*
Source: ebay, July 2006
Mathura nowadays is a major Krishna center: Bengali Ghat features a formal entry point for devotees
Source:
http://www.indiamike.com/photopost/showphoto.php/photo/8071/cat/501
(downloaded July 2005)
*The modern ISKCON Krishna temple in Mathura*
Source: http://mathura.nic.in/main.htm
(downloaded July 2005)
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