[Group portrait taken at a palace garden party, Alwar, including the Elgins, the Maharaja and the Political Agent, Major Jennings.] Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
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Genre: Portrait Photography Formal portrait group in front of tent. Hugh Barnes (acting Foreign Secretary) is seated on the right, hands resting on walking stick. For note on attribution of photographer, see duplicate at Photo 15/5 (11). Subjects = garden parties; official events; viceregal to...
[The Imperial Assemblage, Delhi.] Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
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Genre: Historical Events General view of the amphitheatre. This photograph is also reproduced in woodburytype in J. Talboys Wheeler, The history of the Imperial Assemblage at Delhi (London, [1877]), facing p.122. Subjects = durbars; official events
Album of topographical views in India. Photographer(s): Bourne and Shepherd
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Green full-leather album, measuring 273 x 387 mm, containing mounted prints with handwritten captions. The photographs are mainly topographical and architectural views in India with some additional Middle Eastern views. The Indian locations include Bombay, Elephanta, Jaipur, Amber, Delhi, Lahore...
Parsee Tower of Silence, Bombay. Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
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Genre: Historical Events View of the outside of the enclosure with vultures standing on the wall. Subjects = animals; birds; funerals; funerary practices; Parsees; rites and customs; vultures