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Photographs of Northern India

1863–70

Samuel Bourne

(British, 1834–1912)
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Culture
England
Medium
Album of 50 albumen prints
Credit Line
Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2024.5
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Samuel Bourne, the author of most the images in this album, was a banker in England before he moved to India to become a professional photographer.

Description

The 50 images in this album, all taken in the 1860s, move from the hill towns of the Himalayas down to cities including Lahore (now in Pakistan), Delhi, Lucknow, Agra, Benares (now Varansi), and Calcutta (now Kolkata). Architectural studies of major monuments offer valuable historical records of what sites such as the Taj Mahal and the imperial mosque of the Mughal emperors in Delhi looked like before twentieth-century restorations.
A rectangular volume has a deep red, textured leather cover framed by thin gold lines. Intricate scrolling gold patterns accent the corners, while three intertwined letters form a raised gold monogram at the center. Two gold-colored metal clasps edge the right side. Light wear marks the spine and corners of the leather, the metallic details of the ornamental foliage and borders providing a sharp contrast to the rich crimson surface.

Photographs of Northern India

1863–70

Samuel Bourne

(British, 1834–1912)
England

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