Gya N.W. view of [Mahabodhi Temple] Budh Gya. Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
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Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the Mahabodhi Temple and surrounding area. Subjects = Elgin Collection; Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Buddhist); temples Location = Bihar; Bodh Gaya; India
[Viceregal group] At Budha Gaya. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait of Lord Elgin and staff at Bodh Gaya. Elgin flanked on left by Col Benjamin Franklin and on right by Colonel Algernon Durand. Henry Babington Smith, the Viceroy's Private Secretary, stands fourth from left. Remaining figures unidentified. Subjects = E...
Their Excellencies driving through the streets of Gaya. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Historical Events Taken from same viewpoint as preceding print, but with viceregal carriage and escort approaching. Crowds in foreground. Subjects = Elgin Collection; official events; street scenes; viceregal tours Location = Bihar; Gaya; India
[Lady Elgin seated in a tonjan at the Commissioner's house, Gaya.] Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Historical Events Lady Elgin is seated in a highly decorated tonjan, a kind of single-poled palanquin, with an escort of bearers and servants. Other copy negs at B.423 and B.10348. Subjects = Elgin Collection; palanquins; road transport; tonjans; transport; viceregal tours Location =...
Head of Ganges Canal, Hardwar. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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Genre: Landscape Photography Looking towards canal works. A later print (1890s) of a Bourne photograph. Location = Ganges Canal; Hardwar; India; Uttar Pradesh