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Benares
Benares is a watercolor work on paper by the Orientalist artist Hercules Brabazon Brabazon. It dates from 1850 and is held in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum.
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A watercolour by Hercules Brabazon depicts Benares, now known as Varanasi, a city in southeastern Uttar Pradesh, northern India.
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Artist
Hercules Brabazon Brabazon (born Hercules Brabazon Sharpe; 27 November 1821 – 14 May 1906) was an English artist, accomplished in Turner-manner watercolours.
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