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81. Mss Eur G91(145)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur G91(145)
Title:
The Kootab Minar [Delhi]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view from the east, with the dome of the Alai Darwaza visible in the left foreground. The modern cupola, designed by Major Smith to replace the one destroyed in the earthquake of 1803 and itself removed as inappropriate in 1848, stands on a hillock to th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1865
Extent:
1 item

82. Mss Eur G91(143b)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur G91(143b)
Title:
Group of elephants. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Group of elephants with howdahs, in front of an unidentified building in European style. [Albumen print, 242x189mm]. Subjects = animals; Bowring Collection; elephants; howdahs; state elephants
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1858
Extent:
1 item

83. Mss Eur G91(193e)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur G91(193e)
Title:
A Madhava [Brahmin]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Full-length seated portrait of a Madhva Brahmin, a follower of the dualistic doctrines of the South Indian brahmin Madhva: 'The Madvas say that the creator and his creatures are separate, their doctrine being called dwaitam [dvaita, duality]'. [Albumen print, 95x125mm]. Subjects = Bowring Col...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

84. Mss Eur G91(43)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur G91(43)
Title:
Takht-i-Sulaiman, Srinagar. [Shankaracharya Temple.] Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the ruins of the Shankaracharya Temple at the summit of the hill.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1864
Extent:
1 item

85. Mss Eur G91(180a)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur G91(180a)
Title:
Rajbinde, or noble of Raja's clan. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length seated portrait. Rather faded. [Albumen print, 72x108mm]. Subjects = Bowring Collection; castes; Raja Bindas
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

86. Mss Eur G91(180c)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur G91(180c)
Title:
Rajbinde, or noble of Raja's clan. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length seated portrait of a child of about ten years of age. This portrait is also used in Watson and Kaye's 'The People of India' (vol. 8, 1875): see Photo 972/8 (408). [Albumen print, 79x114mm]. Subjects = Bowring Collection; castes; Raja Bindas
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

87. Mss Eur G91(186a)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur G91(186a)
Title:
Captain F. Cunningham [Secretary of the Mysore Commission]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length standing portrait, against a painted backdrop of a rustic scene, of Captain (later Lieutenant-Colonel) Francis Cunningham (1820-1875), 23rd Madras Light Infantry 1838-61. This appears to be a copy photograph. Bowring writes: 'During many years, the secret...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

88. Mss Eur G91(190d)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur G91(190d)
Title:
P.N. Krishna Murti Yelandoor Jageerdar [Mysore Commission]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Three-quarter length seated carte-de-visite portrait, against a painted backdrop of a European bookcase. '...because there is an almost entire absence of native aristocracy in the province, the only persons who can be classed in this order being the Jageerdar of Yela...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

89. Mss Eur G91(16a)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur G91(16a)
Title:
Bhai Ram Singh [miniature painting on ivory].
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Head and shoulders profile portrait. Small oval miniature on ivory. Subjects = Bowring Collection; miniature paintings; non-photographic material; paintings and drawings; Sikhs
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

90. Mss Eur G91(42a)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur G91(42a)
Title:
Houses on canal, Srinagar. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and numbered 'Bourne 814' in the negative. Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View along the Marqual Canal at Srinagar, with Kashmiri houses overlooking the water.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1864
Extent:
1 item