The Memorial Well, Cawnpore. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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View looking across the park towards the gothic screen enclosing Marochetti's sculpture (see print 44) over the memorial well at Cawnpore (Kanpur). With three Indian figures posed among the young trees in the foreground.
The Kootub Minar, Delhi. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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Photograph of the Qutb Minar, Delhi, taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s.The Qutb Minar is a tower of victory, part of a complex containing some of the earliest structures of Muslim rule in India. It was begun by Qutb-ud-Din Aibak (r.1206-1210), the first Sultan of Delhi and founder of the Slave...
Monuments of Sutteeism in the Kangra Valley. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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View of stone sati memorials under a tree in the Kangra valley, taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s. Sati or the custom of a widow immolating herself on her husband’s funeral pyre was practiced by some Hindus, particularly the Rajputs. Sati slabs were placed in memory of the women who committed ...
Lord Hardinge's statue and the Ochterlony Monument [Calcutta]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne 1698 in the negative. View looking across the Maidan, with J. H. Foley's equestrian statue of Hardinge of Lahore in the foreground, the Ochterlony Monument beyond.
The Bentinck Statue and Government House [Calcutta]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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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.
Panoramic view from Chowringhee Road [Calcutta]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne 1709 in the negative. View looking north along Chowringhee Road, with the Maidan on the left. In the distance can be seen the Ochterlony Monument, Government House and the Town Hall (extreme left).
Statue of Sir William Peel in the Eden Gardens [Calcutta]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne 1728 in the negative. Close view of Speed's statue of Sir William Peel VC (1824-1858), in naval uniform, on the south side of the Eden Gardens. Peel led the naval brigade during the Indian Mutiny.
Betgeri. Group of viragals (monumental stones). Photographer: Cousens, Henry
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Genre: Archaeological Photography Reproduced in Henry Cousens, 'The Chalukyan Architecture of the Kanarese Districts' (Archaeological Survey of India, vol. XLII, New Imperial Series, Calcutta, 1926), plate 154a and described, p. 143: 'One of the largest and most interesting groups of these ston...
Borivali (Salsette). [Six] sculptured stones. Photographer: Cousens, Henry
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Genre: Architectural Photography Row of sculptured viragals or memorial stones. Reproduced in Henry Cousens, 'The Chalukyan Architecture of the Kanarese Districts' (Archaeological Survey of India, vol. XLII, New Imperial Series, Calcutta, 1926), plate 153, and described, p. 143:' There is an is...