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One sheet original vintage travel poster for Varanasi (Banaras)
, India, created around 1959. The artwork is credited to artist Charles Baskerville and was printed by Sree Saraswaty Press Ltd. in Calcutta for the Indian Department of Tourism.
The poster captures a mid-century colorful design of a burning ghat on the sacred Ganges (Ganga) River. It depicts people in traditional clothing against a backdrop of iconic orange and red temple spires and bustling riverfront activity |
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