Indian Architecture & Scenery, Vol. I

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SAMUEL BOURNE, SHEPHERD & ROBERTSON
Indian Architecture & Scenery, Vol. I
Album of 103 albumen prints. 1860s. Approximately 9½ x 11½ in. (24.1 x 29.2 cm) or the reverse or 7½ x 12½ in. (19 x 31.8 cm.). 95 signed Bourne and numbered in the negatives, one signed Shepherd & Robertson and numbered in the negative, 2 numbered only in the negatives, ink manuscript titles on mounts, half green leather by Marion & Co., gilt, titled in gilt on front cover, gilt clasp, g.e.
Album size: 13½ x 20 in. (34.3 x 50.8 cm.)

Provenance

Samuel Bourne;
unknown owner/owners;
Sotheby's London, Photographic Images and Related Materials, 8 May 1992, lot 31 (part lot)

Literature

See: Dehejia et al, India Through the Lens, pp. 191-193
See: Pohlmann, Siegert et al, Samuel Bourne, Sieben Jahre Indien 1863-1870, front and back cover, pp. 156, 158, 161, 166, 169, 171,178-9, 180, 183, 198, 199, 200-1, 204
See: Worswick & Embree, The Last Empire, pp. 60, 69

Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

Varied subjects including Old Court House Street, ships on the river and at low tide, street scenes, Eden Gardens and boats on the canal in Calcutta; the Great Mosque of Arungzeb, the Burning Ghat, Vishnu Pud, Raja Jai Singh's Observatory and panoramic city views in Benares (Varanasi); details of the Buddhist tower in Sarnath; the Memorial Well in Kanpur; the cemetery, residency ruins, Kaiser Bagh and Husainabad in Lucknow; several views of the Taj, the Mausoleum of Prince Etmad, interior and exterior views of the Fort, Moti Masjid and the Old Palace of Jahangir in Agra; and the Elephant tower in Fatehpur Sikri.

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