Panoramic view from Chowringhee Road [Calcutta]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne 1709 in the negative. View looking north along Chowringhee Road, with the Maidan on the left. In the distance can be seen the Ochterlony Monument, Government House and the Town Hall (extreme left).
Statue of Sir William Peel in the Eden Gardens [Calcutta]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne 1728 in the negative. Close view of Speed's statue of Sir William Peel VC (1824-1858), in naval uniform, on the south side of the Eden Gardens. Peel led the naval brigade during the Indian Mutiny.
The Bentinck Statue and Government House [Calcutta]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne 1699 in the negative. View looking east along Esplanade Row, with Richard Westmacott's statue of Sir William Bentinck in the foreground and the western entrance to Government House beyond.
The Cathedral and Bishop's Palace [Calcutta]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne 1708 in the negative. View from the Maidan near the Lower Circular Road, looking north across the Birjee Tank towards St Paul's Cathedral on the left, with the Bishop's Palace (with hexastyle Ionic portico) on Chowringhee Road to the right.
The Blenheim after the hurricane Novr. 1867 [Calcutta]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne 1703 in the negative. View of shipping on the River Hugli at Calcutta, with the hulk of the sailing ship Blenheim in the foreground and other sailing ships beyond.
The Esplanade and Government House from Chowringhee [Calcutta]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne 1704 in the negative. View from the north end of Chowringhee Road beside the carriage stand, looking north-west across the Dhurrumtollah Tank towards the façades of houses along Esplanade Row, with Government House at the extreme left. The flat-fronted, v...
Native butcher's shop and cattle for slaughter [Bengal]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne 1739 in the negative. From Bourne's Rustic scenes and village life in Bengal series, photographed in the Calcutta area. A village scene, looking across the tank towards thatched huts with characteristic Bengali curved eaves, with the butcher's shop in the...
Shipping from Hastings Bridge [Calcutta], ship Bombay and S.S. Mauritius. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne 1724 in the negative. View looking towards shipping anchored in the Hugli, with local craft in the foreground. This photograph joins up with print 26 to form a panoramic view. The twin-funneled paddle-steamer Mauritius and the three-masted ship Bombay are...
Old Court House Street looking north [Calcutta]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne 1743 in the negative. A view taken from a similar position to print 43, looking along Old Court House Street towards St Andrew's Church. In this view only the northern half of the Great Eastern Hotel is visible, with shops beyond. The hack gharry stand is...
Chowringhee Road. Panoramic view from the [Ochterlony] Monument [Calcutta]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne 1721 in the negative. Section 7 of Bourne's seven-part panorama of Calcutta from the Ochterlony Monument. The view looks south along Chowringhee Road, with the Monohurdass Tank in the foreground and General's Tank beyond. The spire of St Paul's Cathedral ...