The Sutti Chowra Ghat, Cawnpore. Photographer: Saché, John Edward
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A photograph, from the ‘Album of Indian Views’, of the Sati Chaura Ghat in Kanpur taken by John Edward Saché in the 1860s. General view, looking along the riverbank towards the ghat.
Room i durwazah, Lucknow [sic, for 'Gateway of the Husainabad Bazaar']. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards the ornate Husainabad Gateway, with bazaar traders on the roadside in the foreground. [Albumen print, signed 'Bourne 1148' in the negative, 294x239mm]. Subjects = bazaars; gateways; Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Islamic)
[Street scene in the Fort area, Bombay.] Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
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A photograph, from the 'Album of Indian Views', of a street scene in Bombay taken by Bourne and Shepherd in the 1870s. This view is of a street composed of western Indian wooden architecture in a thriving bazaar. The fort area was named such after the colonial fortifications. The 19th century sa...
Akbar's Tomb, Secunderabad, near Agra [sic. Misidentification for 'Panch Mahal, Fatehpur Sikri]. Photographer: Saché, John Edward
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Genre: Architectural Photography View of the Panch Mahal from the north. The caption misidentifies this view as being of Akbar's Tomb at Sikandra, owing to some similarity in the tiered structure. [Albumen print, signed 'Saché 358' in the negative, 281x238mm]. Subjects = Indian architecture;...
St John in the Wilderness, Nynee Tal. Photographer: Saché, John Edward
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A photograph, from the ‘Album of Indian Views’, of the Church of St John-in-the-Wilderness, Nainital taken by John Edward Saché in the 1860s. View from the wooded hillside looking down onto the church. The Church of St John-in-the-Wilderness was built in 1846 in the Gothic style and has a dark-c...
[View of Bombay from Colaba, looking north towards the Afghan Church.] Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
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Genre: Landscape Photography View from Colaba looking north along the causeway, with the Afghan Memorial Church in the middle distance and Back Bay and the Fort area of the city beyond. [Albumen print, numbered '2216' in the negative, 315x191mm]. Subjects =