SAMUEL BOURNE

MOUNT ABU
The exquisite carved pillars inside a Dilwara Jain Temple, Mount Abu, Rajasthan. Fine albumen prints from original negative plates.
Circa 1910

MOUNT ABU
The Dilwara Temples, Mount Abu, Rajasthan. A fine albumen print from original negative.
Circa 1910

MOUNT ABU
The Sanatorium, Mount Abu, Rajasthan. A fine albumen print from original negative plate.
Circa 1910

DELHI
Two views of Delhi's Jama Masjid and Mughal Tomb in Mehrauli, both very fine albumen photographs in archival matt, fair contrast and good tonal range.
Circa 1870

AGRA
A stupendous view of the Taj Mahal in Agra, fine albumen photograph in archival matt, fair contrast and good tonal range.
Circa 1850

DELHI
Three different views of Qutub Minar in Delhi. All very fine albumen photographs in archival matt, fair contrast good tonal range to very good, trees very dark and in good condition.
Circa 1865

DELHI
A very significant and rare view of Delhi's Lal Qila (Red Fort). A very fine albumen photograph in archival matt, fair contrast, good tonal range to very good with dark trees and in good condition.
Circa 1860

DELHI
Another very significant and rare view of Delhi's Lal Qila (Red Fort), with bullock cart and a camel in front. A very fine albumen photograph in archival matt, fair contrast, good sepia tonal range and in good condition.
Circa 1850

DELHI
Two different views of the two arched gateways leading into the Lal Qila (Red Fort) in Delhi, Both very fine albumen photographs in archival matt, fair contrast, good tonal range to very good, trees very dark and in good condition.
Circa 1860

AGRA
A very fine view of a gardener in the farm inside the Agra Fort. An albumen photograph in archival matt, fair contrast with good tonal range with trees very dark and in good condition.
Circa 1865

Three panoramic lake views; two lakes in Ootacamund (Ooty), Tamil Nadu and one in Chunar, Uttar Pradesh. All very fine albumen prints with excellent tonal range to very good, trees in dark tone, Chunar in sepia tone.
Circa 1870s
30 x 9.5 cms each (set in single window cut mount)

Three significant and rare original albumen prints. Fairly good tonal range and in good condition, depicting different classes of labourers engaged in rural India.
Circa 1850s
20 x 14 cms each (mounted)

AURANGABAD
Two fine depictions of 'Durwan' (doorman); one at an Aurangabad Mosque and another at Hotel Continental, Calcutta, both original black and white albumen photo prints.
Circa 1910s

Set of 31 Photogravures issued by "Bourne & Shepherd Publishers, India" in 1904/ 1905; Printed in Germany. These are reproductions of the glass negatives taken by the firm's founder Samuel Bourne in the 1860s or by his firm's photographer Colin Murray in the 1870s. - These are titled [as spelt below images]: Bombay Backbay From Malabar Hill [Photogravure No. 21], Benares'Girn Bape [Gian Vapi] Or Well Of Knowledge [No. 39], Buddhagaya " The Statue Of Buddah [No. 45], Budhgya " N. W. View [No. 47], Delhi " The Motee Musjid [No. 56], Agra " Interior Of Motee Musjid [No. 64], The Palace Of Akbar [No. 65], Cawnpore " Suttee Chowra Ghat [No. 68], Lucknow " The Bailey Guard Gate [No. 70], Jeypore " Principal Street [No. 73], Oodeypore " The Great Temple At Eklingjee [No. 76], Futteypore Sikri " The Mosque [No. 80], Marble Tomb Of Sheik Selim Chisti[No.82], Mount Abu " Jain Temple [No. 85], Ahmedabad " Huthi Singhs Tomb [Actually Jain Temple] [No. 86], Madura ' Entrance To The Holy Of Holies [No. 89], Trichinopoli ' Fa'ade Mundapum [No. 92], Rangon ' Shwe Dagon Pagoda [No. 95], Darjeeling Railway. Between Ghoom & Darjeeling[No. 99], Darjeeling Coolie Woman [No. 105], Himalayan Bullock Cart [No. 106], Calcutta ,Eden Gardens [No. 110], Burning Ghat [No. 114], Simla ' Generalview [No. 150], Simla , From The Railway [No. 153], Panorama Of Kalka-Simla Railway [No. 154], Panorama Of Kalka-Simla Railway [No. 155], Panorama Of Kalka-Simla Railway [No. 155a], Kashmir - Bridge Of Shops [No. 156], Long Reach Of The Jhelum [No. 159], Mount Everest From Phalut [No. 161]
13 x 9.5 inches

View of Taj Mahal
Circa 1865
Dimension: 23 x 19 cms