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032-003041504 Collection Area Visual Arts

1. Photo 28

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 28
Title:
Indian scenery and groups. Photographer(s): Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Collection comprising two albums produced by the Bourne and Shepherd studio, one of landscape views (Photo 28/1), the other of portrait groups (Photo 28/2). Both albums are dated '1874' on the cover, but this reflects the date the album was compiled, rather than the taking of the photographs the...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s-1870s
Extent:
Unspecified

2. Photo 28/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 28/1
Title:
Album: 'India. Scenery. 1874'. Photographer(s): Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Maroon half-leather album, measuring 345 x 500 mm, containing 29 mounted albumen prints with handwritten captions. This is the first volume of a two-volume collection (see also Photo 28/2). The title is stamped in gilt on a red leather label laid down on the front cover; Roman numeral 'I' stampe...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1864-1866
Extent:
29 items

3. Photo 28/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 28/2
Title:
Photograph Album: 'India. Groups. 1874'. Photographer(s): Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Maroon half-leather album, 345 x 500 mm, containing 39 mounted albumen prints with neat handwritten captions. The title is stamped in gilt on a leather label laid down on the front cover. It is possible that this album was bought directly from the Bourne and Shepherd studios as it resembles othe...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1863-1870
Extent:
39 items

4. Photo 28/2(38)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 28/2(38)
Title:
Moulvies. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Portrait of three men, seated on a carpet, with books spread out before them. This photograph also appears in John Forbes Watson and John William Kaye, 'The People of India' (8 volumes, London, 1868-75), but without the background wall bleached out, a...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1863
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 28/2(35)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 28/2(35)
Title:
Native acrobats. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) View showing an acrobat balancing on top of a long pole erected in a courtyard, with a figure at the base playing a drummer. No.1101 in the Bourne & Shepherd catalogue.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1863
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 28/2(36)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 28/2(36)
Title:
Snake charmers. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and numbered 'Shepherd & Robertson Photo: 1123' in the negative. Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Portrait of two snake charmers performing. Also published in John Forbes Watson and John William Kaye, 'The People of India' (8 volumes, London, 1868-75) and the...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1863
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 28/2(37)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 28/2(37)
Title:
Mahomedans [playing chess], Delhi. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and numbered 'Shepherd & Robertson: 1109' in the negative. Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Portrait group of five figures gathered round a chess board. No.1109 in the Bourne and Shepherd catalogue. Subjects = chess; recreations
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1863
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 28/2(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 28/2(19)
Title:
Native Bankers, Delhi. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'Shepherd & Robertson' (heavily cropped) in the negative. Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Full-length seated portrait of four merchants.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1862
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 28/2(39)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 28/2(39)
Title:
Shrofs, money changers. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'Shepherd & Robertson Photo' in the negative. Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Portrait of two men seated in conversation on a wooden couch. This photograph is also reproduced in John Forbes Watson and John William Kaye, 'The People of India' (8 volumes, Lond...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1863
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 28/1(21)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 28/1(21)
Title:
Wanga Valley. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and numbered 'Bourne 279' in the negative. Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the valley towards mountains peaks and a glacier.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1863
Extent:
1 item