General view of the city, Delhi. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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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 ...
The city of Tanjore from the ramparts. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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View of Tanjore from the ramparts, taken by Samuel Bourne in 1869. View looking across rooftops towards the Nayaka Palace at Tanjore (Thanjavur), with its distinctive temple-like pyramidal tower.
Carved stone temple near the Pagoda, Tanjore. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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Photograph of the Subrahmanya temple in the Brihadishvara Temple at Tanjore, taken by Samuel Bourne in 1869. The Brihadishvara Temple built by the Chola king Rajaraja around 1010, is a monumental temple standing in the middle of a large courtyard surrounded by smaller shrines. To the east, a mon...
Old Court House Street, Calcutta. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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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 ...
The Great Gate at Futtypore Sikree near Agra. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne 1263 in the negative. View looking up towards the Buland Darwaza, the gateway of the Jami Masjid at Fatehpur Sikri.
Road scene near Tanjore. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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View along a palm-lined road, with two figures standing in the middleground and with a temple gopura seen through the trees in the distance. Tanjore, taken by Samuel Bourne in 1869.