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Lot 192
BOURNE & SHEPHERD
ASN0006
Auction Type: live
GOLDEN TEMPLE 'AMRITSAR A panoramic view of the most sacred Gurdwara of the Sikhs in three parts.
double layer mounted with acid proof board and framed with glaze.
74 x 22 cm
74 x 22 cm
Estimate: ₹25,000 – ₹35,000
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BOURNE & SHEPHERD
The most successful commercial firm in 19th' and early 20th'century India, established in Simla in 1863 by Samuel Bourne as Howard, Bourne & Shepherd, and becoming Bourne & Shepherd by 1865. It opened further studios in Calcutta (1867 present) and Bombay (1870'c.1902). Following Bourne's departure in 1870, much of the new photographic work was undertaken by Colin Murray (1840 - 84), although during the 1870s Charles Shepherd continued to photograph and at least sixteen Europeans are listed as assistants. Between 1870 and 1911 the firm sent photographers to Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Burma, Nepal and Singapore, as well as extending its coverage of India. The firm still survives in Calcutta today, although in a much reduced form.
The most successful commercial firm in 19th' and early 20th'century India, established in Simla in 1863 by Samuel Bourne as Howard, Bourne & Shepherd, and becoming Bourne & Shepherd by 1865. It opened further studios in Calcutta (1867 present) and Bombay (1870'c.1902). Following Bourne's departure in 1870, much of the new photographic work was undertaken by Colin Murray (1840 - 84), although during the 1870s Charles Shepherd continued to photograph and at least sixteen Europeans are listed as assistants. Between 1870 and 1911 the firm sent photographers to Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Burma, Nepal and Singapore, as well as extending its coverage of India. The firm still survives in Calcutta today, although in a much reduced form.
