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1. Photo 11(83)

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Photo 11(83)
Title:
Bunderpoonch, the Jumnootri Peak. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
View of the Bunderpunch in Yamunotri in the Himalayas, taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s. Bunderpoonch peak was named after the legend that Hanuman, the Monkey God, after setting the city of Lanka on fire with his burning tail, extinguished the flame on his tail here, hence the name Bunderpunc...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1866
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 11(116)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(116)
Title:
Wooded valley from Fulaldaru. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
View from an elevated position, looking along the steep-sided river valley, with the snow-covered Srikanta Peaks in the distance, taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1866
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 11(117)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(117)
Title:
Snowy peaks near Gangootri from Bhairamghati. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
View along the valley towards distant peaks, the foreground dominated by pine trees. A note in the Bourne and Shepherd catalogue states that this view was a, 'Prize photograph, 1867'.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1866
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 752/8(44)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 752/8(44)
Title:
Tea Garden in Kumaon [District]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events View of tea pickers at work. Print captioned '1889-94'. Subjects = Macnabb Collection; occupations; tea industry; tea pickers; tea plantations
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 752/8(51)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 752/8(51)
Title:
Khyrna Bridge on the road to Ranikhet. Photographer: Lawrie and Company, G.W.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Print captioned '1889-94'. Subjects = bridges; Macnabb Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 1003(520)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(520)
Title:
Hindu temples and ghat on the banks of the Jumna, Batesara. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view, looking across the river towards the temple complex. For a description, see J.D. Beglar, 'Report of a tour in Bundelkhand and Malwa, 1871-72; and in the Central Provinces, 1873-74' (A.S.I vol. VII, Calcutta, 1878), pp. 5-9.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1871-1872
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 1003(521)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(521)
Title:
Hindu temples and ghat on the banks of the Jumna, Batesara. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1871-1872
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 1003(521a)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(521a)
Title:
Hindu temples and ghat on the banks of the Jumna, Batesara. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Similar view to print 520, but closer.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1871-1872
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 1003(651)

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Photo 1003(651)
Title:
Ancient statues at Deoriya, Allahabad District: fragment of ancient Buddha and large figure now worshipped as Shringari Devi. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
Scope & Content:
Group of sculptures photographed in a field. These finds are briefly mentioned in A. Cunningham, 'Report of tours in Bundelkhand and Malwa in 1874-75 and 1876-77' (A.S.I. vol. X, Calcutta, 1880), pp.5-6. See also North-West Provinces list p. 132.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 1003(652)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(652)
Title:
Fragments of Buddhist sculpture from Deoria, Allahabad District. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
Scope & Content:
Sculpture pieces and fragments of a torana and railings. Some of these pieces are reproduced in A. Cunningham, 'Report of tours in Bundelkhand and Malwa in 1874-75 and 1876-77' (A.S.I. vol. X, Calcutta, 1880), pl. iii.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item