Facade, Mundapum, Trichinopoly. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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Genre: Architectural Photography View looking along the façade of the mandapa, with its piers carved in the form of rearing horses. A later (1880s?) print from a photograph taken by Bourne in 1869. Subjects = architectural elements; columns; Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Hindu); I...
Hooghly [Howrah] Bridge open for river traffic, Calcutta. Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
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Genre: Landscape Photography View of a steamer passing through the pontoon bridge, the central portion of which is regularly removed to allow river traffic access upriver. Subjects = bridges; river scenes Location = Calcutta; Hugli (river); India; West Bengal
Rangoon. Nats or Burmese fairies at the Shive [sic] Dagon Pagoda. Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
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Genre: Architectural Photography View of a small shrine with carved figures. Subjects = nats; religion; religion (Buddhism); religious articles; religious articles (Buddhist) Location = Burma; Myanmar; Rangoon; Rangoon Division
[View of the Elphinstone College from the junction of Rampart Row and Esplanade Road, Bombay.] Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Architectural Photography The large college building is on the left. On the right is the equestrian statue of the Prince of Wales by Sir Edgar Boehm and behind it, the Sassoon Mechanic's Institute. Subjects = British colonial architecture; colleges; education; equestrian statues; Europ...