File:The Motee Girna, or Fall of Pearls, in the Rajemahal Hills.jpg
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[edit]The Motee Girna, or Fall of Pearls in the Rajemahal Hills | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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artist QS:P170,Q18508689
artist QS:P170,Q4233718,P1877,Q69686100 |
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Title |
The Motee Girna, or Fall of Pearls in the Rajemahal Hills |
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Object type |
print object_type QS:P31,Q11060274 |
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Description |
The Motee Girna or Fall of Pearls in the Rajemaha from A Picturesque Tour Along the River Ganges and Jumna in India (London: R. Ackermann, 1824)
In December 1807 Major Charles Ramus Forrest travelled to the Rajmahal Hills, Bihar, via the River Ganges. The East India Company soldier made several tours of the Ganges and also of the Jumna River, publishing an account in 1824 with aquatints after his own drawings This is plate six from A Picturesque Tour along the Rivers Ganges and Jumna in India, showing the Moti Jharna waterfall in the Rajmahal Hills. Also known as the Fall of Pearls, Forrest describes the cascade as ‘a sheet of silver’ breaking 'into showers of sparkling spray'. |
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Depicted place | Rajmahal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date |
1 August 1824 date QS:P571,+1824-08-01T00:00:00Z/11 |
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Medium |
lithograph medium QS:P186,Q15123870 |
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Dimensions |
height: 27.2 cm (10.7 in); width: 33.5 cm (13.1 in) dimensions QS:P2048,27.2U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,33.5U174728 |
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Source/Photographer | www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1800_1899/dailylife_drawings/forrehttp://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1800_1899/dailylife_drawings/forrest/forrest.htmlst/forrest.html | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Camera model | CYBERSHOT |
Exposure time | 1/50 sec (0.02) |
F-number | f/5.6 |
ISO speed rating | 250 |
Date and time of data generation | 13:42, 4 December 2004 |
Lens focal length | 24 mm |
Orientation | Normal |
Horizontal resolution | 72 dpi |
Vertical resolution | 72 dpi |
File change date and time | 13:42, 4 December 2004 |
Y and C positioning | Co-sited |
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Exif version | 2.2 |
Date and time of digitizing | 13:42, 4 December 2004 |
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APEX exposure bias | 0 |
Maximum land aperture | 3 APEX (f/2.83) |
Metering mode | Spot |
Light source | Unknown |
Flash | Flash fired, strobe return light detected, auto mode |
Supported Flashpix version | 1 |
Color space | sRGB |
File source | Digital still camera |
Scene type | A directly photographed image |
Custom image processing | Normal process |
Exposure mode | Auto exposure |
White balance | Auto white balance |
Scene capture type | Standard |