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Subject Panoramic Photographs Digitised Content Platform BL legacy Universal Viewer (unavailable) Level [40] File

1. Photo 11(36)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(36)
Title:
Government House and missionary buildings, Calcutta. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
View from the top of the Ochterlony Monument, looking north-westwards across the Maidan towards the southern façade of Government House and its garden, with the masts of shipping in the River Hugli visible beyond. To the left of Government House is the Town Hall. In the background right of centr...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1866
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 29(24b)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 29(24b)
Title:
Chowringhee Road. Panoramic view from the [Ochterlony] Monument [Calcutta]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne 1721 in the negative. Seventh part of Bourne's panoramic view from the Ochterlony Monument, looking in a south-easterly direction along Chowringhee Road. Duplicate of print 24a. Exhibited, Empire and Commonwealth Museum, Bristol, India: Pioneering Photog...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1868-1869
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 29(27)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 29(27)
Title:
Shipping from Hastings Bridge [Calcutta], ship Bombay and S.S. Mauritius. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne 1724 in the negative. View looking towards shipping anchored in the Hugli, with local craft in the foreground. This photograph joins up with print 26 to form a panoramic view. The twin-funneled paddle-steamer Mauritius and the three-masted ship Bombay are...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1867
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 197(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 197(5)
Title:
Fort Roberts and Kabul. Photographer: Bengal Sappers and Miners
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Panoramic view composed of two joined prints, taken from the heights of Siah Sung and looking southwards towards Fort Roberts, which occupies the left side of the panorama. The city of Kabul lies to the right (south-west), with the citadel of the Bala Hissar in the ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item