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032-003039394 Subject Water transport

1. Photo 11(105)

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Photo 11(105)
Title:
Mussucks for crossing the Beas River, Kulu. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
View looking towards the river, with porters posed with inflated buffalo hides (mussocks), preparatory to crossing the stream. Bourne's dark-tent is under the tree, as is Dr George Rankin Playfair who accompanied Bourne on his third Himalayan trip.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1866
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 11(101)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(101)
Title:
The first bridge and Rajah's Palace, Srinuggur. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
View of a wooden bridge across the River Jhelum with the Raja's Palace in the background, taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1864
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 11(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(10)
Title:
The great Pagoda at Tanjore with corridor on the northern side. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Photograph of the Great Pagoda of 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.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 11(37)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(37)
Title:
Landing goods near the Custom House, Calcutta. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne 1726 in the negative. View of sailing ships moored in the Hugli, with barrels being unloaded onto the riverbank in the foreground.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1867
Extent:
1 item