Snowy peaks of Jumnotri, near source of Jumna. [Bourne & Shepherd catalogue title: Bunderpooch (the Jumnootrie Peak), a peep from the heights above Agora.] Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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Genre: Landscape Photography View towards distant peaks (faded), with thick forest in foreground. Location = Agora; India; Uttar Pradesh
Small lake in mountains, 11-12,000 ft. [Bourne & Shepherd catalogue title: View of 'Dodee Tal' a beautiful lake east of Jumnootri, and 12 miles north of the village of Agora, situated near the foot of the Jumnootri Peaks...] Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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Genre: Landscape Photography Caption continues: '...on account of the difficulty of access, this lake, to the present time, has been visited by few European travellers.' Location = Agora; India; Uttar Pradesh
Afghan outpost at Chihil Guz which supplies Karez Elias picket—in the Siah Burhak Hills—Stoi peak in the distance. Photographer: Survey of India
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Inscription: Original sketch inscribed: ' Chihil Guz. E.D. 85.' Genre: Landscape Photography View from mountainside looking across the hills. Photographic copy of a sketch by Edward Durand, Assistant Commissioner, Afghan Boundary Commissioner. The letterpress description of this scene (from th...
Kaman-i-Bihisht, Afghan out-post on Hari Rud, looking S., towards Herat Valley. Photographer: Survey of India
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Inscription: Original sketch inscribed: 'E.D. 85.' Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the river valley, with horsemen and other figures in the foreground. Photographic copy of a sketch by Edward Durand, Assistant Commissioner, Afghan Boundary Commissioner. Another copy at Photo 12...
Inscription: Original sketch inscribed: 'Zulficar.' Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the gorge, with sheer cliffs rising on either side. Photographic copy of a sketch by Edward Durand, Assistant Commissioner, Afghan Boundary Commissioner. Another copy at Photo 12 (++).
Char Dowli Gorge, exit of Hari Rud from Barkhut or Paropamisus. Photographer: Survey of India
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Inscription: Original sketch inscribed: 'Hari Rud. E.D.' Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the river gorge. Photographic copy of a sketch by Edward Durand, Assistant Commissioner, Afghan Boundary Commissioner. The letterpress description of this scene (from the printed list accom...
Zulficar Pass, from the Persian bank of the Hari Rud, English camp on right, Russian camp under the mound. Photographer: Survey of India
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Inscription: Original sketch inscribed: 'E.D. 85.' Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the course of the Hari Rud towards the Zulfiqar Pass, with the English and Russian Boundary Commission camps visible in the middle distance. Photographic copy of a sketch by Edward Durand, Assist...