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032-003039394 Subject Religious Buildings

1. Photo 11(66)

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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

2. 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

3. 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

4. Photo 11(61)

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Photo 11(61)
Title:
Ancient Hindoo temple at Bindrabund. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne 1305 in the negative. View of Gobind Deo's Temple at Vrindavan.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 11(73)

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Photo 11(73)
Title:
View from the Palace in the Fort, Lahore. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and numbered 'Bourne 416' in the negative. Genre: Architectural Photography Bourne no. 416. View looking towards the Jami Masjid.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1863-1864
Extent:
1 item

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. Photo 11(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(11)
Title:
Carved stone temple near the Pagoda, Tanjore. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 11(57)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(57)
Title:
The Great Gate at Futtypore Sikree near Agra. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
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.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item