Bankot, from the Custom House

Bankot, from the Custom House

Bound volume

Bankot, from the Custom House

From the album The Indian Amateur's Photographic Album


ca. 1858
Albumen silver print
Image: 7 5/16 × 9 5/8 in. (18.5 × 24.4 cm)
Mount: 20 11/16 × 13 7/16 in. (52.6 × 34.1 cm)
Purchase
1979.0065.0151
Inscriptions Inscribed in pencil on mount recto, TRC: 46
Printed on applied sheet on mount recto, BC: BANKOT. \ From the Custom House. \ The most picturesque province in the West of India is undoubtedly the Konkan. We give our subscribers a \ glimpse of one of its villages, Bánkot (the Fort of the Arrow) at the mouth of the Savitrí river, which rises on the heights \ of Mehábaleshwar, and flows to the west by Poládporr and Máhad. The native huts in our view are principally \ occupied by Muhammadan fishermen and boatmen. The scenery on both banks of the Savitrí through its whole \ extent is extremely beautiful. As it approaches the Gháts it is sublime.
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