Subject: Towers of Silence (Bombay) / Name: Bourne and Shepherd, photographers / Level: [40] File - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Subject Towers of Silence (Bombay) Name Bourne and Shepherd, photographers Level [40] File

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 576(2)
Title:: Parsee Tower of Silence, Bombay. Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
Scope & Content:: Genre: Historical Events View of the outside of the enclosure with vultures standing on the wall. Subjects = animals; birds; funerals; funerary practices; Parsees; rites and customs; vultures
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1880s
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 918(5)
Title:: Bombay. Parsee tower of silence. Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
Scope & Content:: Genre: Landscape Photography Colour postcard. General view of the tower. Message reads: 'This is where the Parsees put their dead. Observe the vultures ready to devour anything that is put in their way. I have written to Harrie. Got your letter today. With love, Jim'. Subjects = funerar...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1904
Extent:: 1 item

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