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1. Photo 11(40)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(40)
Title:
The great mosque of Aurungzebe and adjoining Ghats, Benares. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
View looking along the riverside ghats of the Ganges at Varanasi, towards Aurangzeb's Mosque, which dominates the skyline in the background.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1865
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 11(46)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(46)
Title:
The Farhad Buksh Palace. Lucknow. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
General view of the Farhat Baksh Palace, taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1865
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 11(48)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(48)
Title:
View in the Kaiser Bagh, Lucknow. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
General view looking across the gardens towards the surrounding buildings of the Kaiser Bagh Palace.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 11(50)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(50)
Title:
The Great Imambara and mosque, Lucknow. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
View looking towards the Great Imambara, with the dome and minarets of the Jami Masjid on the skyline in the background.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 11(52)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(52)
Title:
The Taj Mahal from the river side. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
View looking along the bank of the River Jumna (Yamuna) from the east, towards the east and north façades of the Taj Mahal.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 11(54)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(54)
Title:
Interior of the Motee Musjid, Agra. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
View along the central aisle of the Moti Masjid (Pearl Mosque) at Agra, showing a vista of cusped arches, taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 11(56)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(56)
Title:
The mausoleum of Akbar at Secundra near Agra. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
View from the gateway, looking across the gardens, towards Akbar's Tomb at Sikandra.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 11(58)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(58)
Title:
Carved pillars in the Panch Mahal, Futtypore Sikree. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Photograph of the Panch Mahal in Fathepur Sikri, taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s. The palace city of Fatehpur Sikri was built by the Mughal Emperor Akbar (r.1556-1605) from 1571 to 1585. The entire complex is built of locally quarried red sandstone, known as Sikri sandstone. The Panch Mahal ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 11(62)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(62)
Title:
Palace at Goverdhun, Rajpootana [Govardhan, Rajasthan]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Photograph of Baldeo Singh's chhatri, Govardhan, taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s. The chhatri is built of sandstone and is situated at the western end of a formal garden or char bagh adjacent to a tank or reservoir.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 11(64)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(64)
Title:
General view of the city, Delhi. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Photograph of the courtyard of the Jami Masjid, Delhi, taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s. The Jami Masjid was the principal mosque of Shah Jahan's new capital city Shahjahanabad. The largest mosque in India. It took six years to build and functioned as a congregational mosque which could hold ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item