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032-003039394 Subject Monuments and Memorials

1. Photo 11(45)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(45)
Title:
The Memorial Well, Cawnpore. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
View looking across the park towards the gothic screen enclosing Marochetti's sculpture (see print 44) over the memorial well at Cawnpore (Kanpur). With three Indian figures posed among the young trees in the foreground.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1865
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 11(44)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(44)
Title:
Marble statue over the Memorial Well, Cawnpore. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Close view of Marochetti's sculpture of an angel, standing within the gothic screen over the Memorial Well at Cawnpore (Kanpur).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1865
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 11(68)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(68)
Title:
The Kootub Minar, Delhi. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Photograph of the Qutb Minar, Delhi, taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s.The Qutb Minar is a tower of victory, part of a complex containing some of the earliest structures of Muslim rule in India. It was begun by Qutb-ud-Din Aibak (r.1206-1210), the first Sultan of Delhi and founder of the Slave...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 11(91)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(91)
Title:
Monuments of Sutteeism in the Kangra Valley. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
View of stone sati memorials under a tree in the Kangra valley, taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s. Sati or the custom of a widow immolating herself on her husband’s funeral pyre was practiced by some Hindus, particularly the Rajputs. Sati slabs were placed in memory of the women who committed ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1864
Extent:
1 item