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032-003101069 Language Not applicable Material Type Photographs

1. Photo 703

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Photo 703
Title:
Photographs of industries, transport, architecture, social life and portraits, mainly in Calcutta and West Bengal
Scope & Content:
Collection of loose mounted prints, in good condition, the majority with typescript captions. The prints by Bourne & Shepherd were produced at the same time, although the photographs cover a period of 70 years and cover a range of subjects including, most prominently, views of various indust...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s-1936
Extent:
36 items

2. Photo 703(3)

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Photo 703(3)
Title:
Viceroy of India: Lord Canning at his desk. Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length portrait of Canning sitting at a desk, c.1860. This Bourne & Shepherd print is from an original negative or print by an unknown photographer. Subjects = viceroys
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900s
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 703(32)

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Photo 703(32)
Title:
European girls, playing in front of the School (Sanawur Girls' School). Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Later print of a Bourne photograph of the Lawrence Military Asylum, with pupils playing croquet and dancing round a maypole in the foreground. Subjects = British colonial architecture; croquet; education; European architecture in India; maypole dancers; schools...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 703(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 703(1)
Title:
Viceroy of India: Lord Curzon in his study (Reproduction from water colour painting at Victoria Memorial). Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Painting by George Percy Jacomb-Hood (1857-1929), probably executed in 1902 when he was sent to India by The Graphic to cover the Delhi Durbar. Subjects = paintings and drawings; viceroys
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1902
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 703(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 703(6)
Title:
Tea Industry: Timber removing. Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events View of elephants loading logs on to a railway wagon during deforestation. Subjects = tea industry; tea plantations
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 703(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 703(8)
Title:
Tea Industry: Tea Auction. Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events View in a tea auction room during a sale. Subjects = tea auctions; tea industry
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 703(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 703(7)
Title:
Tea Industry: Tea box making. Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events View of carpenters making boxes. Subjects = carpenters; occupations; tea factories; tea industry
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 703(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 703(9)
Title:
Tea Industry: Tea Withering House. Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
Scope & Content:
General view of withering house, with tea pickers and European overseers posed in the foreground. Subjects = tea factories; tea industry
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 703(14)

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Photo 703(14)
Title:
Opium industry: Weighing of opium. Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Indians weighing opium under the supervision of a European. Subjects = drugs; opium
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1910
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 703(15)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 703(15)
Title:
Opium industry: Examination of opium. Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events View shows a European man sitting at a desk (which is on a trolley pushed by an attendant) while an Indian worker shows him a sample of opium taken from one of the large clay pots in the foreground. Subjects = drugs; opium
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 item