View of shipping from Fort Point [Calcutta]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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View of shipping moored on the banks of the Hugli just off Fort William, with two three-masted ships in the foreground, the vessel on the right with auxiliary steam power.
View of shipping from Hastings' Bridge [Calcutta]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne 1723 in the negative. View looking towards European sailing ships and local craft at their moorings in the Hugli near Hastings' Bridge, which crosses Tolley's Nullah at its junction with the river south of Fort William.
Landing goods near the Custom House [Calcutta]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne 1726 in the negative. View of sailing ships (some with auxiliary steam) moored on the Hugli at Custom House Ghat, with off-loaded barrels in the foreground.
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.
Government House from the Garden [Calcutta]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne 1706 in the negative. Similar to print 8, but taken from a slightly more distant viewpoint, looking across the garden towards Government House, the building partially obscured by a palm in foreground. With two cows grazing on the lawn and the tent seen in...
Roadside view near Garden Reach [Calcutta]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne 1736 in the negative. From Bourne's Rustic scenes and village life in Bengal series, photographed in the Calcutta area. View looking along and unsurfaced road towards the thatched huts of a village, with a tank on the left and a group of Indian figures po...
Government House, Barrackpore, from the south. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne 1746 in the negative. View looking across the lake towards the facade of Government House, Barrackpore (Barakpur), with an Indian group arranged in the foreground beneath the tree which neatly frames the composition.
Government House with the Eastern Gateway [Calcutta]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne 1707 in the negative. View from Esplanade Row and Government Place, looking towards Government House, with the east gate (an archway flanked by twin Doric columns and surmounted by a lion) in the foreground.
Chowringhee Road. Panoramic view from the [Ochterlony] Monument [Calcutta]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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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...
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).