Avenue of poplars at Srinuggur, Kashmir. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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Photograph of in Srinagar, Kashmir, taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s. This is a view of an avenue of Poplars. Poplars are fast growing trees which are often planted along roadsides or river and canal banks to act as wind barriers.
Snowy peaks near Gangootri from Bhairamghati. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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View along the valley towards distant peaks, the foreground dominated by pine trees. A note in the Bourne and Shepherd catalogue states that this view was a, 'Prize photograph, 1867'.
Picturesque bridge over the Rungnoo below Ging, Darjeeling. Photographer: Samuel Bourne.
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View looking up the boulder-strewn stream towards a footbridge on which stand two European figures. This photograph won the Viceroy's Gold medal for the best photograph shown at the 1869 Bengal Photographic Society Exhibition, 'for it is certainly unequalled in artistic treatment of the subject ...