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Series Title: Photographs of Northern India

The Upper Himmalayahs. View in the Buspa Valley from Sangla

1863–70

Samuel Bourne

(British, 1834–1912)
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Culture
England
Medium
albumen print
Credit Line
Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2024.5.22
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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.

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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 20th-century restorations.
A horizontally oriented sepia-toned albumen print depicts a mountain valley with a winding river flowing from hazy peaks toward the foreground. On the right, tall, dense trees fill the lower corner. The valley floor features terraced land and clusters of trees. Steep, craggy mountainsides flank the valley, their rocky textures rendered in fine detail. Sharp peaks pierce a pale sky in the background, fading slightly as they recede.

The Upper Himmalayahs. View in the Buspa Valley from Sangla

1863–70

Samuel Bourne

(British, 1834–1912)
England

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