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Photo 28/1(11)
- Record Id:
- 041-003041517
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003041504
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100025648519.0x00000e
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 28/1(11)
- Title:
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View showing the Chuds and Valleys of Simla from Bentinck Castle. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
- Scope & Content:
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Inscription: Signed and numbered 'Bourne 1811' in the negative.
Genre: Landscape Photography
View along the river valley towards mountains, with a bungalow in the foreground below the photographer's vantage point. A chud or khud is an Anglo-Indian colloquialism commonly used at Simla to describe a precipitous hillside or deep valley. A modern pencilled note below the caption reads: 'Taken from the Magistrates Office'.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003041504
040-003041506
041-003041517 - Is part of:
- Photo 28 : Indian scenery and groups. Photographer(s): Bourne, Samuel
Photo 28/1 : Album: 'India. Scenery. 1874'. Photographer(s): Bourne, Samuel
Photo 28/1(11) : View showing the Chuds and Valleys of Simla from Bentinck Castle. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel - Hierarchy:
- 032-003041504[0002]/040-003041506[0011]/041-003041517
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 28
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Techniques:
- Albumen Print
Photograph
Photographic Print
Silver Printing-Out Paper Print - Start Date:
- 1863
- End Date:
- 1865
- Date Range:
- c 1864
- 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:
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Dimensions: 230 mm x 293 mm
Format: Bound in Volume
Secondary Support: Card
- Former External References:
- 1811
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Known
- Names:
- Bourne, Samuel, photographer, 1834-1912
- Subjects:
- Bodies Of Water
Hill Stations
Land
Mountains
Rivers - Places:
- Simla, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, Himāchal Pradesh, India, Asia