Group of Bhooteas, Darjeeling. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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Inscription: Signed and numbered 'Bourne 1904' in the negative. Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Formally posed group of two men and two women, in front of a house at Darjeeling.
Group of native Thugs. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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Group portrait of seven thugs sitting on a rug. An unnumbered print, but almost certainly Bourne No.128, listed in the catalogue as having been taken at Simla. See also Photo 127 (67), for a carte de visite portrait of this group. The carpet on which they are seated is presumably a visual refer...
Simla. Chuds, north of Jakko and the Mahassoo Hills. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along a steep valley and over mountains. With signs of terrace agriculture on the hillside in the middleground. A chud or khud is an Anglo-Indian colloquialism commonly used at Simla to describe a precipitous hillside or deep valley. Unnumbered print, b...
The Taree Pass, elevation 15,282ft. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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Inscription: Signed and numbered 'Bourne 275' in the negative. Genre: Landscape Photography View looking towards the head of the snow-covered Tari Khango Pass.
The cliff [at Rogi], near view. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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Inscription: Signed and numbered 'Bourne 1503' in the negative. Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the sheer cliff face, with the roadway built out from the rock.
Group of Bhooteas and Nepaulese. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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Inscription: Signed and numbered 'Bourne 1906' in the negative. Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Group portrait of five men and two women, posed in front of a doorway, beyond which can be seen a stack of wooden crates (presumably containing tea). The two women, probably estate labou...
Woodville, front view [Simla]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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Inscription: Signed and numbered 'Bourne 1820' in the negative. Genre: Architectural Photography View looking across the garden towards the two-storied veranahed house.
Pathan Gentlemen. Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
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Inscription: Numbered '1392' in the negative. Genre: Portrait Photography Formally posed group of eight men. This photograph is listed in the Bourne and Shepherd catalogue as, '1392. Native Gentlemen (Pathans), Peshawur Valley'.
Jat Sirdars, Bhurtpore [Bharatpur] District. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
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Inscription: Numbered and signed '1118 Shepherd & Robertson' in the negative. Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Group of three sirdars kneeling on the floor, their swords across their knees, with and an attendant beside them holding a shade. A hookah stands to the left of the gro...
Native Gentlemen, Bhurtpore. [sic, for Group at Bahawalpur.] Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
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Genre: Portrait Photography Formal group posed in two rows. The photograph was clearly taken at the same location as print 13 (note carpet and backdrop), showing the young Nawab of Bahawalpur in 1870, and also includes some of the same sitters seen in that photograph.