Indian Architecture & Scenery, Vol. I

细节

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.)

来源

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

出版

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

注意事项

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.

拍品专文

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.