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1. Photo 11(79)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(79)
Title:
[The 'Yarrows' from 'Peterhoff']. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
View of mountain ranges. Titled in Bourne and Shepherd catalogue: 'Simla; 'The Yarrows' with Shaili peaks in the background from Peterhoff'
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 11(83)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(83)
Title:
Bunderpoonch, the Jumnootri Peak. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
View of the Bunderpunch in Yamunotri in the Himalayas, taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s. Bunderpoonch peak was named after the legend that Hanuman, the Monkey God, after setting the city of Lanka on fire with his burning tail, extinguished the flame on his tail here, hence the name Bunderpunc...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1866
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 11(87)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(87)
Title:
Snowy heights from the Wanga Valley. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Photograph of the snowy heights from Wanga Valley, taken by Samuel Bourne in 1863, on the last leg of his first Himalayan journey.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1863
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 11(88)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(88)
Title:
View in the Wanga Valley. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Looking over conifers to the snowy peaks in the Wanga Valley, near Shimla, taken on the last leg of Samuel Bourne's first Himalayan journey in 1863.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1863
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 11(89)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(89)
Title:
Glaciers from the Wanga Valley. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Photograph of glaciers from the Wanga Valley, taken by Samuel Bourne in 1863. By the 1860s. This view was taken during Bourne's First Himalayan Expedition, July 29-Oct 12, 1863.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1863
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 11(90)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(90)
Title:
Chini and its mountains. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
View of the mountains, taken by Samuel Bourne in 1866.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1866
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 11(107)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(107)
Title:
Valley and snowy peaks seen from the Hamta Pass. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Photograph of the valley and snowy peaks seen from the Hamta Pass in the Himalayas in Himachal Pradesh, taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1866
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 11(108)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(108)
Title:
The Shigri Range from the bed of the Chandra River. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Photograph of the Shigri range from the Chandra river, taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1866
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 11(110)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(110)
Title:
Dunkar Fort, Spitti. [Incorrect caption, should read: 'The Spiti Valley from Dunkar—evening.'] Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Photograph of the Spiti Valley, taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s. This is a view of the ruined fort with the Manirung Pass and range in the distance. This photograph was taken on Bourne's third and final trek up towards the source of the Ganges. He was fascinated by the wild and desolate Spit...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1866
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 11(111)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(111)
Title:
The Manirung Pass, elevation 18,600 feet. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
View of the top of the Pass, with three figures on a snow-covered plateau.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1866
Extent:
1 item