The Town Hall [Calcutta]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne 1700 in the negative. View of the main (south) facade of the Town Hall, overlooking the Maidan; a classical building with a Doric prostyle portico of six columns, designed by Garstin in 1813.
The Cathedral [Calcutta]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne 1712 in the negative. General view from Chowringhee Road of the east and and north facades of St Paul's Cathedral.
Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne 1734 in the negative. From Bourne's Rustic scenes and village life in Bengal series, photographed in the Calcutta area. View looking across a village tank towards thatched huts, with palm trees beyond.
Native village [Bengal]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne 1738 in the negative. From Bourne's Rustic scenes and village life in Bengal series, photographed in the Calcutta area. View looking across a village tank towards thatched huts among the palm trees, with figures posed at the water's edge in the foreground.
Road scene in Bengal. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne 1737 in the negative. From Bourne's Rustic scenes and village life in Bengal series, photographed in the Calcutta area. View looking along an unsurfaced road, with thatched village huts on either side. Possibly taken in the same area of South Calcutta (Ga...
Government House [Calcutta], South Front. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne 1705 in the negative. General view of the Maidan-facing facade of Government House, with servants erecting a marquee or shamiana in the foreground.
St John's Church [Calcutta]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne 1729 in the negative. General view of St John's Church, formerly the cathedral church, built in 1787 and modelled on St Martin-in-the-Fields in London. In the foreground is the carriage porch built on to the west end of the building in 1797. The colonnade...
Government House, Barrackpore, south front. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne 1745 in the negative. View looking along a pathway in the garden of Government House, Barrackpore, towards the south front of the building. A pencilled note on the album page reads, cf. Belvedere (ie, Belverdere House, Calcutta).
Mr Doyne's House at Ballygunge [Calcutta]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne 1741 in the negative. General view from the garden looking towards the mansion, in classical style, of Mr Doyne. Richard V. Doyne is listed as a High Court Judge in Calcutta, as well as holding directorships in the Dooteriah Estate and Tea Co and the Beng...