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1. Photo 11

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11
Title:
Album of photographs of India, mainly by Samuel Bourne. Photographer(s): Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Full-leather album, measuring 350 x 450 mm, containing 122 prints mounted one to a page (recto only), with captions handwriten in pencil. The numbers next to the captions coincide with Bourne's negative numbers which are reproduced in Bourne and Shepherd published catalogues. The pencilled capti...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1863-1869
Extent:
122 items

2. Photo 11(83)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(83)
Title:
Bunderpoonch, the Jumnootri Peak. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
View of the Bunderpunch in Yamunotri in the Himalayas, taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s. Bunderpoonch peak was named after the legend that Hanuman, the Monkey God, after setting the city of Lanka on fire with his burning tail, extinguished the flame on his tail here, hence the name Bunderpunc...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1866
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 11(90)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(90)
Title:
Chini and its mountains. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
View of the mountains, taken by Samuel Bourne in 1866.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1866
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 11(71)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(71)
Title:
View in Umballa. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne 1867 in the negative. View looking along a tree-lined road at Ambala.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 11(84)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(84)
Title:
Nynee Tal. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Distant view of the Naini Tal from the lakeside near Buttress Castle, taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s. According to legend, Nainital takes its name from the Hindi word for eye as it is said to be the spot at which Sati's (Parvati) eye fell to earth and is one of the 64 Peethas, or sacred pi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1866
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 11(89)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(89)
Title:
Glaciers from the Wanga Valley. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Photograph of glaciers from the Wanga Valley, taken by Samuel Bourne in 1863. By the 1860s. This view was taken during Bourne's First Himalayan Expedition, July 29-Oct 12, 1863.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1863
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 11(18)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(18)
Title:
Ootacamund from Bellevue. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
View looking down onto the valley and houses of Ootacamund, with Elk Hill in the distance, taken by Samuel Bourne in 1869, taken by Samuel Bourne in 1869.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 11(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(16)
Title:
Panoramic view of Ootacamund. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Panoramic view taken by Samuel Bourne in 1869.View taken from a spur of Dodabetta, looking down onto the town and the hills rising beyond on the far side of the valley.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 11(59)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(59)
Title:
The Fort of Bhurtpore. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne 1299 in the negative. View of the entrance gate and moat of the fort at Bharatpur.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 11(77)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(77)
Title:
General view of Simla. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
A general view of Shimla, taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s. The hill-station of Simla is built across a range of hills and connecting ridges.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item