Kashmir, Simla and elsewhere

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SAMUEL BOURNE, CHARLES SHEPHERD
Kashmir, Simla and elsewhere
Album of 31 albumen prints. Circa mid 1860s. Each approximately 9 x 11¼ in. (22.8 x 28.8 cm.). 23 signed Bourne and/or numbered in the negatives, one each signed Shepherd or numbered in the negative, mounted on one side only, occasional titles added in pencil in a later hand on mounts, half green leather, ruled gilt, g.e.
Album size: 14¼ x 17¼ in. (36.2 x 44 cm.)

Literature

See: Dehejia et al, India Through the Lens, pl. nos. 65 and 67
See: Desmond, Victorian India in Focus, pl. 16
See: Pohlmann, Siegert et al, Samuel Bourne Sieben Jahre Indien Photographien und Reiseberichte 1863-1870, pp. 10, 28, 65, 69, 73, 75, 78, 138

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Lot Essay

Scenes in Kashmir on the Scinde river including the cascades (illus.), several views of Simla; Srinagar, the Kangra Valley, the 'Moonshee Bagh' with the commissioner's boat, view near the entrance of the Dal Canal and view on the Canal (prize picture) and an avenue of poplars in Kashmir. Other subjects include the Qutb Minar, the Memorial Well at Kanpur, a rare view of the Allahabad Railway Bridge; two portraits by Shepherd titled 'Afredees from the Khyber Pass' and 'Hill Coolies with Khiltas and dandy (Simla)'.

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