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Call Number:

PH-00013

Collection Name:

Samuel Bourne Photography Collection

Creator:

Bourne, Samuel (1834 - 1912)

No. of Items:

63 photographs

Span Dates:

circa 1865

Description:

The collection consists of sixty-three albumen prints by Samuel Bourne (English, 1834-1912). The photographs, which date to circa 1865, are of landscapes, architecture, mountainscapes, and cityscapes in India. Cities represented include Baramula in Kashmir, Agra, Amritsar, Delhi, Shimla, and Lucknow. Print information follows.

964:0066:0001-0010 -- Images of India, circa 1864. Subjects include architecture, monuments, and landscape including the Dhul Canal, River Jhalum, Scinde River, Taj Mahal, Pearl Mosque, Dilkhoosha Palace, Kaiser Pasand, Palace, Kutab Minar, and Marqual Canal.

964:0656:0001-0007 -- Views of rock temples on Elephanta Island near Bombay, circa 1864.

964:0715:0001-0018 -- Seven views of Amritsar, seven of Delhi, three of Agra, and one of an unidentified place, circa 1864. Subjects include people, musicians, landscape, architecture, and monuments including the Holy Temple in Amritsar, Kutab Minar in Delhi, Taj Mahal in Agra, and Jama Masjid in Delhi.

973:0034:0001 -- Ala-ood-deen's Gateway at the Kutab, Delhi, circa 1866;
973:0034:0002 -- Pillar Hall, Delhi, circa 1866;
973:0034:0003 -- Fatehpur Sikri, circa 1866;
973:0034:0004 -- Fatehpur Sikri, circa 1866;
973:0034:0005 -- Fatehpur Sikri, circa 1866;
973:0034:0006 -- Fatehpur Sikri, circa 1866;
973:0034:0007 -- Ships and Boats on the River Hoogley, circa 1866;
973:0034:0008 -- Ships and Boats on the River Hoogley, circa 1866;
973:0034:0009 -- Canal at Kali Ghat, circa 1866;
973:0034:0010 -- Banyan Tree, near Calcutta, circa 1866;
973:0034:0011 -- Cityscape view of Calcutta, circa 1866;
973:0034:0012 -- Cityscape view of Calcutta, circa 1866;
973:0034:0013 -- Cityscape view of Calcutta, circa 1866;
973:0034:0014 --Native Village and Jungle Scene, Bengal, circa 1866;
973:0034:0015 -- Native Village and Jungle Scene, Bengal, circa 1866;
973:0034:0016 -- Native Village and Jungle Scene, Bengal, circa 1866;
973:0034:0017 -- Native Village and Jungle Scene, Bengal, circa 1866;
973:0034:0018 -- Mountain view and Bhore Ghat Railway, circa 1866;
973:0034:0019 -- Mountain view and Bhore Ghat Railway, circa 1866;
973:0034:0020 -- View of Bombay, circa 1866;
973:0034:0021 -- View of Bombay, circa 1866;
973:0034:0022 -- View of Bombay, circa 1866;
973:0034:0023 -- View of Bombay, circa 1866;
973:0034:0024 -- View of Bombay, circa 1866;
973:0034:0025 -- Nerbudda River, Jabalpur, circa 1866;
973:0034:0026 -- Nerbudda River, Jabalpur, circa 1866;
973:0034:0027 -- [Two men on shore of lake with Parbutti Hill, Poona in background], circa 1866;
973:0034:0028 -- [Fortress/castle on Parbutti Hill, Poona], circa 1866.

Accession No(s):

964:0066:0001-0010; 964:0656:0001-0007; 964:0715:0001-0018; 973:0034:0001-0028

Location(s):

Bourne, S., Box 1 (964:0066:0001-0010)
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Bourne, S., Box 2 (964:0656:0001-0007; 964:0715:0001-0018)
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Bourne, S., Box 3 (973:0034:0001-0005)
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Bourne, S., Box 4 (973:0034:0006-0010)
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Bourne, S., Box 5 (973:0034:0011-0014)
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Bourne, S., Box 6 (973:0034:0015-0018)
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Bourne, S., Box 7 (973:0034:0019-0022)
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Bourne, S., Box 8 (973:0034:0023-0026)
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Bourne, S., Box 9 (973:0034:0027-0028)
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See Also:

Kashmir (964:0372:0001-0040) f DS 485 K2 B687 HRC-P

Stereograph Collection (964:0795:0001) 6G:FC:16:DR:01:Bourne

34 photographs in [Crichton Album I] f TR 655.11 C853 HRC-P

Views of India (964:0887:0042) f DS 413 P567 1864 HRC-P

Kashmir, Gwalior, etc. (964:0334:0001-0035, 0038-0043, 0046-0047, 0049, 0052-0056) f DS 485 K2 B686 HRC-P