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Collection Area Visual Arts Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 11 Subject Rivers

1. Photo 11(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(10)
Title:
The great Pagoda at Tanjore with corridor on the northern side. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Photograph of the Great Pagoda of the Brihadishvara Temple at Tanjore, taken by Samuel Bourne in 1869. The Brihadishvara Temple built by the Chola king Rajaraja around 1010, is a monumental temple standing in the middle of a large courtyard surrounded by smaller shrines.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 11(15)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(15)
Title:
River view near Tanjore. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Photograph taken by Samuel Bourne in 1869.View looking across a river, towards a riverside ghat and mansion among the palms on the far bank; with an Indian figure posed on the riverbank in the foreground.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 11(24)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(24)
Title:
Waterfall at Avalanche [Nilgiri Hills]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
View looking towards the waterfall in the Nilgiris, the pool beneath and the hills rising on either side, taken by Samuel Bourne in 1869.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 11(25)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(25)
Title:
Waterfall at Peermund [Nilgiri Hills]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
View looking down onto the falls, in the Nilgiri Hills near Ootacamund. This is one of a number of views of waterfalls in the Nilgiris shown by Bourne at the 1869 Bengal Photographic Society Exhibition, which were praised as being 'unusually successful.'
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 11(26)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(26)
Title:
Upper waterfall at Pykara from the river bed [Nilgiri Hills]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
View looking upstream towards the falls. Like print 25, this view was praised when shown at the 1869 Bengal Photographic Society Exhibition.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 11(27)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(27)
Title:
Lower falls, Pykara [Nilgiri Hills]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
General view of lower waterfall at Pykara, in the Nilgiris, taken by Samuel Bourne in 1869.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 11(37)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(37)
Title:
Landing goods near the Custom House, Calcutta. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne 1726 in the negative. View of sailing ships moored in the Hugli, with barrels being unloaded onto the riverbank in the foreground.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1867
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 11(40)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(40)
Title:
The great mosque of Aurungzebe and adjoining Ghats, Benares. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
View looking along the riverside ghats of the Ganges at Varanasi, towards Aurangzeb's Mosque, which dominates the skyline in the background.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1865
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 11(41)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(41)
Title:
The Burning Ghat, Benares, Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
View looking down onto riverside temples at the Burning Ghat at Varanasi.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1865
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 11(42)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(42)
Title:
The marble rocks on the Nerbudda near Jubbulpore. Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
Scope & Content:
View looking along the river at the Marble Rocks at Bheraghat, near Jabalpur. This print is unnumbered but is probably one of the prints numbered 1685-1688 in the Bourne and Shepherd catalogue described as Views of the Marble Rocks on the Nerbudda.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1865
Extent:
1 item