Samuel Bourne, A.T.W. Penn, Skeen & Co. and others

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Samuel Bourne, A.T.W. Penn, Skeen & Co. and others
Landscapes and architectural studies, India and Ceylon, 1870s-90s
Album containing fifty-nine albumen prints including two mounted as a panorama, 8¼ x 22½ in., other sizes approx. 8½ x 11½ in. or the reverse, several signed, titled and numbered in the negatives, titled in ink and several with descriptive manuscript text on mounts, half morocco, ruled in gilt, oblong 4to.
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Views around Tanjore, Trichinopoly, Madura, the Nilghirry Hills, Bijapur, Madras, Bijanagar, Kandy, and Anaradhapura including temple studies, architectural details, a panoramic view of 'Railway Bridge at Sukker over the Indus', a group portrait of natives titled 'Toda Hut Nilghirry Hills' (illus.), 'Elephant stables, Bijanagar', a view of a ladies' bath, a panoramic view of Bijanagar mounted over three pages, and views of Dagobas around Ceylon.

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