Benares; "Gyan Bapee", or Well of Knowledge. View of the Gyanvapi Well inside the mosque of the same name in Varanasi. Three ornately carved pillars stand in the foreground, in front of a carved statue beneath a recessed arch. A second, ornately decorated statue sits between two of the pillars, and a bell hangs from one of the pillars' capitals above (Recto, image) Upper left, handwritten in the negative: "yan Bapee mirrored / Well of Knowledge mirrored / 1173 mirrored" Lower left, handwritten in the negative: "1173" (Recto, mount) lower left, handwritten in pencil: " (Bou)" Lower c
Benares; "Gyan Bapee", or Well of Knowledge. View of the Gyanvapi Well inside the mosque of the same name in Varanasi. Three ornately carved pillars stand in the foreground, in front of a carved statue beneath a recessed arch. A second, ornately decorated statue sits between two of the pillars, and a bell hangs from one of the pillars' capitals above (Recto, image) Upper left, handwritten in the negative: "yan Bapee mirrored / Well of Knowledge mirrored / 1173 mirrored" Lower left, handwritten in the negative: "1173" (Recto, mount) lower left, handwritten in pencil: " (Bou)" Lower center, handwritten in black ink: "Gyan Bâpee or Well of Knowledge / Benares"
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