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591. Photo 29(43)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 29(43)
Title:
Great Eastern Hotel and Old Court House Street [Calcutta]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne 1740 in the negative. View looking north along Old Court House Street towards St Andrew's Church in the distance, with the Great Eastern Hotel and the premises of Cuthbertson and Harper in the right foreground and a hack ghari stand in left foreground. E...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1867
Extent:
1 item

592. Photo 29(45)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 29(45)
Title:
Old Court House Street looking south [Calcutta]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne 1742 in the negative View of the southern end of Old Court House Street from the north-east corner of the grounds of Government House, looking towards the Maidan and showing the classically-designed premises of various businesses on the east side of the s...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1867
Extent:
1 item

593. Photo 29(46)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 29(46)
Title:
Old Court House Street looking north [Calcutta]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne 1743 in the negative. A view taken from a similar position to print 43, looking along Old Court House Street towards St Andrew's Church. In this view only the northern half of the Great Eastern Hotel is visible, with shops beyond. The hack gharry stand is...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1867
Extent:
1 item

594. Photo 54(33)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 54(33)
Title:
Commissioner's Boat, Cashmere [Srinagar]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Bourne no. 790. View of the Commissioner's boat at the riverside at Srinagar. The long narrow wooden canoe is manned by some thirty rowers, with a central canopied area for passengers. This is the photograph which appears as no. 790 in the Bourne and Shepherd catalogue, entitled, 'Moonshee Bagh,...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1864
Extent:
1 item

595. Photo 70(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 70(2)
Title:
King Theebaw's state barge. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
View of the state barge of Thibaw, the former King of Burma, moored on the Irrawaddy, probably at Mandalay. The boat is double-hulled, with two figureheads in the form of heavily gilded figures, while the accommodation is in the form of a payathat or pavilion with a spire of tiered roofs.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s-1890s
Extent:
1 item

596. Photo 86(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 86(1)
Title:
Old ekka and bullock cart replaced by mechanical transport, Sheikhupura, Punjab. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
View of a fleet of Chevrolet motor coaches for public transport.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1924
Extent:
1 item

597. Photo 101(29)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 101(29)
Title:
View from the Lake [Naini Tal]. Photographer: Murray, John
Scope & Content:
Photograph of the lake in Naini Tal from the Murray Collection: 'Photographic views in Agra and its vicinity', taken by John Murray in 1855. The Kumaon Hills had come under British rule after the Nepal War (1814-16) but the hill station town of Naini Tal was only founded in 1841. It became a san...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Mid-1850s
Extent:
1 item

598. Photo 101(30)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 101(30)
Title:
Bareilly Road [Naini Tal]. Photographer: Murray, John
Scope & Content:
Photograph of a view of the road leading from Naini Tal to Bareilly from the Murray Collection: 'Photographic views in Agra and its vicinity', taken by John Murray in the mid-1850s. Bareilly was a former Mughal Capital ceded to the British in 1801. The Kumaon Hills had come under British rule af...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Mid-1850s
Extent:
1 item

599. Photo 175(140)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 175(140)
Title:
New road near Rogi and Chini mountains. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1866
Extent:
1 item

600. Photo 179(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 179(4)
Title:
Banks of the Hooghly [Calcutta]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking north along the right bank of the Hugli from a point near the Eden Gardens, with sailing vessels at their moorings and the High Court visible in the distance. With descriptive letterpress caption label pasted to reverse.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1872
Extent:
1 item

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