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1. Photo 11(48)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(48)
Title:
View in the Kaiser Bagh, Lucknow. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
General view looking across the gardens towards the surrounding buildings of the Kaiser Bagh Palace.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 11(62)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(62)
Title:
Palace at Goverdhun, Rajpootana [Govardhan, Rajasthan]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Photograph of Baldeo Singh's chhatri, Govardhan, taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s. The chhatri is built of sandstone and is situated at the western end of a formal garden or char bagh adjacent to a tank or reservoir.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 11(66)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(66)
Title:
The Jumma Musjid, Delhi. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
A distant view of the Jami Masjid, Delhi, taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s. The Jami Masjid was the principal mosque of Shah Jahan's new capital city Shahjahanabad. The mosque is built of red sandstone with white marble. The main building is topped by three onion-shaped domes of white marble ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 11(72)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(72)
Title:
The Golden Temple, Umritsar. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Photograph of the Golden Temple or Hari Mandir, Amritsar, taken by Samuel Bourne in 1864. The Hari Mandir is situated at Amritsar, the holy city of Sikhs founded in 1579. It is the holiest of the Sikh gurudwaras and contains the Adi Granth, the Original Book. The temple is an example of late Mug...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1864
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 11(94)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(94)
Title:
Ruins of Martund. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
General view of the ruins of the Surya Temple at Martand, Jammu and Kashmir, taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s. The temple, dedicated to the sun deity, is considered a masterpiece of early-Kashmir temple style and was built by Lalitaditya (c.724-60) the most powerful monarch of the Karkota dyn...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1864
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 11(46)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(46)
Title:
The Farhad Buksh Palace. Lucknow. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
General view of the Farhat Baksh Palace, taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1865
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 11(70)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(70)
Title:
An Indian compound at Umballa. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
View across open ground towards a bungalow, with two figures posed beneath the tree in the foreground framing the composition.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 11(50)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(50)
Title:
The Great Imambara and mosque, Lucknow. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
View looking towards the Great Imambara, with the dome and minarets of the Jami Masjid on the skyline in the background.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 11(54)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(54)
Title:
Interior of the Motee Musjid, Agra. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
View along the central aisle of the Moti Masjid (Pearl Mosque) at Agra, showing a vista of cusped arches, taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 11(64)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(64)
Title:
General view of the city, Delhi. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Photograph of the courtyard of the Jami Masjid, Delhi, taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s. The Jami Masjid was the principal mosque of Shah Jahan's new capital city Shahjahanabad. The largest mosque in India. It took six years to build and functioned as a congregational mosque which could hold ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item