Keywords: The Ghat at Jaunpur (6125110488).jpg en Media Support Opaque watercolor on paper Creation Date ca 1780 Creation Place/Subject India State-Province Rajasthan Court Jaipur School Rajasthani Display Dimensions 9 27/32 in x 11 1/32 in 25 cm x 28 cm Credit Line Edwin Binney 3rd Collection Accession Number 1990 860 Collection <a href http //www sdmart org/art/our-collection/asian-art rel nofollow >The San Diego Museum of Art</a> Label Copy A Hindi inscription on the reverse identifies this scene as the ghat or riverbank at Jaunpur Situated on the Gomti River north of Banaras in Uttar Pradesh Jaunpur was once a great cultural center Even today the city is famous for its fifteenth century mosques and schools and for its mid-sixteenth century bridge built during the reign of the great Mughal Akbar This is one of a group of five paintings by a Jaipur painter who took up Western perspective with a vengeance He has fancifully populated the city with Europeans 2011-09-06 14 28 39 https //www flickr com/photos/thesandiegomuseumofartcollection/6125110488/ Flickr en thesandiegomuseumofartcollection PD-old-100 Files from the San Diego Museum of Art to be checked |