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Subject British Colonial Architecture Digitised Content Platform BL legacy Universal Viewer (unavailable) Level [40] File

1. Photo 11(47)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(47)
Title:
Ruins of the Residency and Bailey [Bailllie] Guard, Lucknow. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Distant view, looking towards the ruins of the Residency and the Baillie Guard Gate at Lucknow, with two bullock carts standing on the open ground in the foreground.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 11(70)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(70)
Title:
An Indian compound at Umballa. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
View across open ground towards a bungalow, with two figures posed beneath the tree in the foreground framing the composition.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 11(75)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(75)
Title:
Picturesque view of the Church, Simla, from Jakko. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
View of the Christ Church from Jakko hill, Shimla, taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s. Mount Jakko, 2,450 m, is the highest peak in Shimla. Christ Church designed by Colonel J.T. Boileau was built between 1844 and 1857. The large porch added in 1873 was a popular place for meetings before and a...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 11(81)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(81)
Title:
The Church, Simla [in] winter. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Distant view of Christ Church, Simla, and snow covered hillside, taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s. Christ Church designed by Colonel J.T. Boileau was built between 1844 and 1857. The large porch added in 1873 was a popular place for meetings before and after services and was also the best sit...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 25(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 25(11)
Title:
Hindoo Rao's [house], Delhi. Photographer: Beato, Felice
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of the ruined building. The print is listed in H. Hering's catalogue of Beato photographs as No.5 in the section 'India - Delhi (Second Series)'. The description reads: 'Hindoo Nao's [sic] House'. Exhibited National Portrait Gallery, London, The Raj: India...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1858
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 29(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 29(2)
Title:
The Bentinck Statue and Government House [Calcutta]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne 1699 in the negative. View looking east along Esplanade Row, with Richard Westmacott's statue of Sir William Bentinck in the foreground and the western entrance to Government House beyond.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1867
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 29(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 29(3)
Title:
The Town Hall [Calcutta]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne 1700 in the negative. View of the main (south) facade of the Town Hall, overlooking the Maidan; a classical building with a Doric prostyle portico of six columns, designed by Garstin in 1813.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1867
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 29(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 29(4)
Title:
The Bengal Club [Calcutta]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne1701 in the negative. General view of the Bengal Club from Chowringhee Road.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1867
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 29(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 29(5)
Title:
The Cathedral from the east [Calcutta]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne 1702 in the negative. General view of St Paul's Cathedral from Chowringhee Road, here partially obscured by trees.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1867
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 29(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 29(7)
Title:
The Esplanade and Government House from Chowringhee [Calcutta]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne 1704 in the negative. View from the north end of Chowringhee Road beside the carriage stand, looking north-west across the Dhurrumtollah Tank towards the façades of houses along Esplanade Row, with Government House at the extreme left. The flat-fronted, v...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1867
Extent:
1 item