'Benares', 1826 (c)

Lithograph by Captain John Luard (1790-1875), from a series of 60 lithographs entitled, 'Views in India, Saint Helena, and Car Nicobar, drawn from nature and on stone', published by C Hullmandel, J Graf and Soret, 1838 (c).

Bathers on the banks of the River Ganges at Benares (Varanesi) in Uttar Pradesh, India.

John Luard served with the 4th Dragoons in the Peninsular War and the 16th Light Dragoons in the Waterloo campaign. The 16th adopted the lance in 1816 and were posted to India in 1822. Luard saw action during the Bhurtpore (Bharatpur) campaign (1824-1826).