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731. Photo 11(58)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(58)
Title:
Carved pillars in the Panch Mahal, Futtypore Sikree. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Photograph of the Panch Mahal in Fathepur Sikri, taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s. The palace city of Fatehpur Sikri was built by the Mughal Emperor Akbar (r.1556-1605) from 1571 to 1585. The entire complex is built of locally quarried red sandstone, known as Sikri sandstone. The Panch Mahal ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
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Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

732. Photo 11(62)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(62)
Title:
Palace at Goverdhun, Rajpootana [Govardhan, Rajasthan]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Photograph of Baldeo Singh's chhatri, Govardhan, taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s. The chhatri is built of sandstone and is situated at the western end of a formal garden or char bagh adjacent to a tank or reservoir.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
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Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

733. Photo 11(64)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(64)
Title:
General view of the city, Delhi. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Photograph of the courtyard of the Jami Masjid, Delhi, taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s. The Jami Masjid was the principal mosque of Shah Jahan's new capital city Shahjahanabad. The largest mosque in India. It took six years to build and functioned as a congregational mosque which could hold ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

734. Photo 11(66)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(66)
Title:
The Jumma Musjid, Delhi. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
A distant view of the Jami Masjid, Delhi, taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s. The Jami Masjid was the principal mosque of Shah Jahan's new capital city Shahjahanabad. The mosque is built of red sandstone with white marble. The main building is topped by three onion-shaped domes of white marble ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

735. Photo 11(68)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(68)
Title:
The Kootub Minar, Delhi. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Photograph of the Qutb Minar, Delhi, taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s.The Qutb Minar is a tower of victory, part of a complex containing some of the earliest structures of Muslim rule in India. It was begun by Qutb-ud-Din Aibak (r.1206-1210), the first Sultan of Delhi and founder of the Slave...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

736. Photo 11(69)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(69)
Title:
Interior of the colonnade of Hindoo pillars at the Kootub, Delhi. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne 1374 in the negative.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

737. Photo 11(73)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(73)
Title:
View from the Palace in the Fort, Lahore. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and numbered 'Bourne 416' in the negative. Genre: Architectural Photography Bourne no. 416. View looking towards the Jami Masjid.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1863-1864
Extent:
1 item

738. Photo 28/1(25)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 28/1(25)
Title:
View from Palace in Fort, Lahore. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and numbered 'Bourne 416' in the negative. Genre: Architectural Photography Bourne no. 416. View from the fort looking towards the Badshahi Mosque, with Ranjit Singh's Tomb on the right.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1863-1864
Extent:
1 item

739. Photo 28/1(27)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 28/1(27)
Title:
Lahore from Wuzeer Khan's Mosque. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and numbered 'Bourne 420' in the negative. Genre: Landscape Photography Bourne no. 420. General view across the city, with one of the minarets of Wazir Khan's Mosque in the right foreground.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1863-1864
Extent:
1 item

740. Photo 28/1(28)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 28/1(28)
Title:
Jehangir's Tomb in the Shadra Gardens, Lahore. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and numbered 'Bourne 424' in the negative. Genre: Architectural Photography Bourne no. 424. View from the entrance gateway, looking along the garden towards Jahangir's Tomb at Shahdara near Lahore.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1863-1864
Extent:
1 item

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