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61. Photo 11(107)

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Photo 11(107)
Title:
Valley and snowy peaks seen from the Hamta Pass. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Photograph of the valley and snowy peaks seen from the Hamta Pass in the Himalayas in Himachal Pradesh, taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1866
Extent:
1 item

62. Photo 11(109)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(109)
Title:
Alluvial deposits on the Lagudarsi Stream [at Kioto], Spitti. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Photograph of alluvial beds in Spiti, taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s. This view shows curious gravel formations on the Lagudarsi Stream at Kioto, Spiti, a result of aerial degradation.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1866
Extent:
1 item

63. Photo 11(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(4)
Title:
The city of Tanjore from the ramparts. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
View of Tanjore from the ramparts, taken by Samuel Bourne in 1869. View looking across rooftops towards the Nayaka Palace at Tanjore (Thanjavur), with its distinctive temple-like pyramidal tower.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

64. 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

65. Photo 11(28)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(28)
Title:
Toda mund, village and Todas [Nilgiri Hills]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
View from a slightly elevated position, looking down onto a group of Toda men and women, posed in front of one of their distinctive thatched houses. The photograph was shown at the 1869 Bengal Photographic Society Exhibition, where it was considered 'a successful picture of its class.'
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

66. Photo 11(118)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(118)
Title:
Rocky channel of the Ganges at Bhairamghati Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
View looking down onto the river gorge and a natural rock arch, framed by trees, on the Ganges at Bhaironghati, taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1866
Extent:
1 item

67. Photo 11(26)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(26)
Title:
Upper waterfall at Pykara from the river bed [Nilgiri Hills]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
View looking upstream towards the falls. Like print 25, this view was praised when shown at the 1869 Bengal Photographic Society Exhibition.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

68. Photo 11(29)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(29)
Title:
The Avalanche from the Pass above, looking down [Nilgiri Hills]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
View looking down onto and along the wooded river valley, with the rolling Nilgiri Hills beyond.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

69. Photo 11(74)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(74)
Title:
The Jumrood Fort at the entrance to the Khyber Pass. Photographer: Shepherd, Charles
Scope & Content:
Photograph of the Jamrud Fort in the North-West Frontier Province, taken by Charles Shepherd in the 1860s. Jamrud fort occupies a ruggedly majestic setting at the mouth of the Khyber Pass. It was constructed on the site of an earlier fort out of stone daubed with mud plaster under the direction ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1862
Extent:
1 item

70. Photo 11(20)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(20)
Title:
Ootacamund, the Lake, sunset, from the Willow Bund. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
View of Ootacamund, taken by Samuel Bourne in 1869. View looking across the lake, towards the tree-covered hills silhouetted against the skyline on the far side. This may well be one of the several views of Ootacamund shown by Bourne at the 1869 Bengal Photographic Society Exhibition, and which ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item