Street view in Tanjore showing one of the native palaces. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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View in a street in Tanjore, taken by Samuel Bourne in 1869. Street scene in Tanjore (Thanjavur), with figures posed in the roadway and an imposing mansion on the left.
Road scene near Tanjore. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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View along a palm-lined road, with two figures standing in the middleground and with a temple gopura seen through the trees in the distance. Tanjore, taken by Samuel Bourne in 1869.
Avenue of poplars at Srinuggur, Kashmir. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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Photograph of in Srinagar, Kashmir, taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s. This is a view of an avenue of Poplars. Poplars are fast growing trees which are often planted along roadsides or river and canal banks to act as wind barriers.
A pleasant walk near Tukvar, Darjeeling. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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Rear view of a European man walking along a woodland road near Darjeeling. Exhibited at the Bengal Photographic Society Exhibition of 1869, where it was praised as displaying 'an unusually perfect rendering of foliage.'
Panoramic view from Chowringhee Road [Calcutta]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne 1709 in the negative. View looking north along Chowringhee Road, with the Maidan on the left. In the distance can be seen the Ochterlony Monument, Government House and the Town Hall (extreme left).
Rustic life in Bengal. Native bazaar. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne 1730 in the negative. A print from Bourne's Rustic scenes and village life in Bengal series, photographed in the Calcutta area. A view looking along a village street, lined on either side with open-sided huts selling produce of various sorts. A European f...
Village life in Bengal. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne 1732 in the negative. From Bourne's Rustic scenes and village life in Bengal series, photographed in the Calcutta area. View from the road of a village, with figures seated among the huts and a bullock cart in the foreground.
Roadside view near Garden Reach [Calcutta]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne 1736 in the negative. From Bourne's Rustic scenes and village life in Bengal series, photographed in the Calcutta area. View looking along and unsurfaced road towards the thatched huts of a village, with a tank on the left and a group of Indian figures po...