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11. Photo 11(88)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(88)
Title:
View in the Wanga Valley. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Looking over conifers to the snowy peaks in the Wanga Valley, near Shimla, taken on the last leg of Samuel Bourne's first Himalayan journey in 1863.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1863
Extent:
1 item

12. Photo 11(115)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(115)
Title:
The Buspa Valley from Sungla. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
View along the Buspa River valley, with hills rising on either side, taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1866
Extent:
1 item

13. Photo 11(86)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(86)
Title:
Deodars, 35 and 37 feet in circumference. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Photograph of Deodar trees in Himachal Pradesh, taken by Samuel Bourne in 1863. Deodar trees are native to the Himalayas and can grow to 200 feet in height. The name is derived from the Sanskrit word ‘devadara’ meaning tree of the gods; the wood was traditionally used to construct temples.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1864
Extent:
1 item

14. Photo 11(23)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(23)
Title:
Through the trees from Dodabet [Ootacamund]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Oval image. View framed by trees, looking along the valley at Dodabetta in Ootacamund (Ooty), taken by Samuel Bourne in 1869.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

15. Photo 11(36)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(36)
Title:
Government House and missionary buildings, Calcutta. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
View from the top of the Ochterlony Monument, looking north-westwards across the Maidan towards the southern façade of Government House and its garden, with the masts of shipping in the River Hugli visible beyond. To the left of Government House is the Town Hall. In the background right of centr...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1866
Extent:
1 item

16. Photo 11(78)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(78)
Title:
North side of Mount Jakko, Simla. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
View from Elysium Hill towards Jakko, Shimla, taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s. Mount Jakko, 2,450 m, is the highest peak in Shimla. The hill-station of Shimla, now the capital of the state of Himachal Pradesh, became a popular resort with British residents of India in the 1820s. It also beca...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

17. Photo 11(82)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(82)
Title:
General view of Mussoorie and Landour. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
View of Mussorie and Landour, taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s. Mussorie in the Himalayas is perched on a horseshoe shaped ridge above the Doon valley at a height of 2,002 m. It has been a popular hill station since the1820s when the British military officer Captain Young laid the foundations...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1866
Extent:
1 item

18. Photo 11(87)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(87)
Title:
Snowy heights from the Wanga Valley. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Photograph of the snowy heights from Wanga Valley, taken by Samuel Bourne in 1863, on the last leg of his first Himalayan journey.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1863
Extent:
1 item

19. Photo 11(103)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(103)
Title:
Glacier in the Scinde Valley, Kashmir. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Photograph of a glacier in Kashmir, taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1864
Extent:
1 item

20. Photo 11(117)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(117)
Title:
Snowy peaks near Gangootri from Bhairamghati. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
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'.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1866
Extent:
1 item