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1. Photo 11(10)

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Photo 11(10)
Title:
The great Pagoda at Tanjore with corridor on the northern side. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Photograph of the Great Pagoda of the Brihadishvara Temple at Tanjore, taken by Samuel Bourne in 1869. The Brihadishvara Temple built by the Chola king Rajaraja around 1010, is a monumental temple standing in the middle of a large courtyard surrounded by smaller shrines.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 11(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(13)
Title:
Road scene near Tanjore. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
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.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 11(43)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(43)
Title:
Railway Bridge across the Jumna at Allahabad. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
View from the riverside, looking along the railway bridge across the River Jumna, opened in 1865.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1865
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 11(98)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(98)
Title:
Avenue of poplars at Srinuggur, Kashmir. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
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.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1864
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 11(101)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(101)
Title:
The first bridge and Rajah's Palace, Srinuggur. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
View of a wooden bridge across the River Jhelum with the Raja's Palace in the background, taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1864
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 11(105)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(105)
Title:
Mussucks for crossing the Beas River, Kulu. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
View looking towards the river, with porters posed with inflated buffalo hides (mussocks), preparatory to crossing the stream. Bourne's dark-tent is under the tree, as is Dr George Rankin Playfair who accompanied Bourne on his third Himalayan trip.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1866
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 11(113)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(113)
Title:
View in the Thibet road at Pangi. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
View of the Tiber road at Pangi, with the Chini peaks in the distance, taken by Samuel Borne in the 1860s.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1866
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 11(121)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(121)
Title:
A pleasant walk near Tukvar, Darjeeling. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
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.'
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1869
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 29(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 29(6)
Title:
The Blenheim after the hurricane Novr. 1867 [Calcutta]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne 1703 in the negative. View of shipping on the River Hugli at Calcutta, with the hulk of the sailing ship Blenheim in the foreground and other sailing ships beyond.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Nov 1867
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 29(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 29(12)
Title:
Panoramic view from Chowringhee Road [Calcutta]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
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).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1867
Extent:
1 item