Snowy peaks near Gangootri from Bhairamghati. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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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'.
Picturesque bridge over the Rungnoo below Ging, Darjeeling. Photographer: Samuel Bourne.
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View looking up the boulder-strewn stream towards a footbridge on which stand two European figures. This photograph won the Viceroy's Gold medal for the best photograph shown at the 1869 Bengal Photographic Society Exhibition, 'for it is certainly unequalled in artistic treatment of the subject ...
Simla. A peep from Jakko. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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Genre: Landscape Photography View of Simla through the trees, looking down onto Christ Church (faded). Although this print is unnumbered, the caption, 'A peep from Jakko', is reproduced in the Bourne and Shepherd catalogue as number 1788.
Simla. General view from Jakko. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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Inscription: Signed and numbered 'Bourne 1793' in the negative. Genre: Landscape Photography View looking down onto the town and along the ridge, with Christ Church prominent in the middleground and trees in the foreground.
Simla. Chota Simla from Jakko. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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Inscription: Signed and numbered 'Bourne 1789' in the negative. Genre: Landscape Photography View looking over wooded hillside towards houses along the ridge, with mountains in the distance.
Simla. Mountains and clouds looking south from Simla. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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Inscription: Numbered '1762' in the negative. Genre: Landscape Photography Winter scene with snow, looking along tree-covered hillside towards distant mountains.
Simla. On the Mall near 'Glenarm'. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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Inscription: Signed and numbered 'Bourne 1769' in the negative. Genre: Landscape Photography Winter scene framed by snow-covered conifers, looking along the Mall towards largely-obscured buildings.
Simla. Snow-capped cedars, snowy range in the distance. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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Inscription: Signed and numbered 'Bourne 1774' in the negative. Genre: Landscape Photography Winter scene, looking towards snow-covered hills, with trees in the foreground.