Maharaja Mahendra Singh of Patiala. Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
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Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length standing carte-de-visite portrait, wearing robe and insignia of the Star of India. Mahendra Singh (1852-1876) succeeded as a minor in 1862 and ruled 1870-76. For another copy of this print, see Photo 127 (11). [Albumen print, 58x92mm]. Subjects = Bowr...
Genre: Architectural Photography General view looking towards tomb (?Tomb of Bu-Ali Kalandar). [Albumen print, 292x229mm]. Subjects = Bowring Collection; Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Islamic); tombs
Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length portrait in half-profile, seated at a small table. For a note on the attribution of this photograph to Rowe, see introduction. Sir Robert Montgomery (1809-1887), Indian Civil Service 1828, was Lieutenant Governor of the Punjab 1859-65. Probably photograph...
Amritsar, the Golden Temple. Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
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Genre: Architectural Photography General view looking across the tank towards the temple. The pencilled catalogue reference '407' on the reverse of the print identifies this as a Bourne & Shepherd photograph. [Albumen print, 278x175mm]. Subjects = Bowring Collection; Indian architecture;...
Side view of small carriage drawn by a team of four camels. [Albumen print, 209x102mm]. Subjects = animals; Bowring Collection; camel carriages; camels; carriages; road transport; transport Location = Lahore; Pakistan; Punjab; Punjab (Pakistan)
Ameer Sher Ali Khan. Photographer: Baker and Burke
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Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length seated carte-de-visite portrait of Sher Ali Khan (1825-1879), Amir of Afghanistan 1863-66 and 1868-79. The photograph is uncredited, but is probably the portrait listed as '11. The Amir, sitting figure' in the Baker & Burke catalogue (see Photo 6 (8))...
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking across scrub towards the fort, with three tribesmen grouped in the left foreground. [Albumen print, 284x202mm]. Subjects = Bowring Collection; forts Location = Jamrud; North-West Frontier Province; Pakistan
A group of Afreedees. Photographer: Shepherd, Charles
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Four Afridi men, posed with jezails on the ramparts of a fort (presumably at Jamrud), the nearest figure taking aim with his gun. [Albumen print, 184x226mm]. Subjects = Afridis (ethnic group); arms and armour; Bowring Collection; ethnic groups; jezails Loc...
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the Ban Ganga river gorge towards the fort on the clifftop beyond. With bridge across river in foreground.