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Photo 1315
- Record Id:
- 032-003316054
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003316054
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100033154209.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 1315
- Title:
- Views of Calcutta. Photographer(s): Samuel Bourne and Bourne and Shepherd
- Scope & Content:
- Collection of 27 loose prints, probably made in the 1970s/1980s, from Samuel Bourne and Bourne and Shepherd negatives taken between the 1860s and 1900s. Scenes include Government House, Bengal Secretariat (formerly Writers' Buildings), St Paul's Cathedral, the High Court, the site of the 'Black Hole,' the Great Eastern Hotel, the Bengal Club, Thacker Spink and Co premises, St John's Church, the Town Hall, views from the Ochterlony Monument.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003316054", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Photo 1315: Views of Calcutta. Photographer(s): Samuel Bourne and Bourne and Shepherd" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003316054
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003316054
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 27 items
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Techniques:
- Gelatin Silver Print
Photograph
Photographic Print - Start Date:
- 1860
- End Date:
- 1889
- Date Range:
- 1860s-1880s
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Appointment Required to view these records. Please consult Asian and African Studies Print Room staff.
- Physical Characteristics:
- Loose prints
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased from BACSA, (?)2011
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Bourne and Shepherd, photographers, 1863-2016
Bourne, Samuel, photographer, 1834-1912 - Subjects:
- Architecture
British Colonial Architecture - Places:
- Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal, India, Asia