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Albumen print. Very good tonal range and in good condition, pasted on original mount, photographers title and number in negative.
Albumen print. Very good tonal range and in good condition, pasted on original mount, photographers title and number in negative.
Albumen print. Photographer's title and number in negative. Bourne (1834-1912) took up photography at the age of twenty-four in 1858. In 1862 he made a trip to India and went into a partnership with Charles Shepherd who already had a photographic studio in Simla. Bourne spent ten years in India carrying his camera to almost every province. As well as taking some striking portraits of Maharajah's and topographical views, Bourne made three trips to the Himalayas, these expeditions alone assuring him a place in photographic history.
Albumen print. Good tonal range and in very good condition, photographer's credit and number in negative, title in manuscript.
Published by [Lahore, 1865
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Bourne cat. # 2126. Bourne cat. # 2126. Vintage albumen print, docketed on verso. 8 3/4 x 11 1/4 in. British-born Samuel Bourne (1834-1912) photographed the landscape and architecture of India and the Himalayan region from 1863-1870. "[R]ecognized as an important landscape photographer, Bourne entered a partnership with Charles Shepherd" and "became a leading supplier of Indian views" (Pare, PHOTOGRAPHY AND ARCHITECTURE, p. 251). Matted, some wrinkling and fading to margins, else near fine Vintage albumen print, docketed on verso. 8 3/4 x 11 1/4 in.
Published by India, Pakistan, Burma, ca. 1863-1875, 1875
Seller: James Arsenault & Company, ABAA, Arrowsic, ME, U.S.A.
37 albumen prints, mostly between 8.5" x 11.375" and 10" x 12.5". Many signed in the negative "Bourne," or "Bourne & Shepherd" with an inventory number; most with manuscript captions in ink along lower edge of image and pencil annotations and inventory numbers on verso. CONDITION: Good; tonality generally strong, most with occasional light wrinkles, a few with creases at edges or chips to corners; a couple with one inch tears at edges or tape repairs on verso; all with minimal to no foxing. A rich collection of photographs primarily by pioneering travel photographer Samuel Bourne, his partner Charles Shepherd, and Bourne & Shepherd photographer Colin Murray, taken in India, Pakistan, and Burma in the 1860s and 1870s. This group of photographs spans Samuel Bourne's prolific seven year photography career in India and embraces exceptional landscape and architectural views as well as a captivating selection of portraits and ethnographic studies. Among the finest landscapes offered here are Bourne's photograph of the source of the Ganges-the goal of his last Himalayan expedition, in 1866-and his view of the Beas River, as well as his architectural views of the Jama Masjid in Delhi and the Burning Ghat in Benares. Besides a group portrait of Kashmiri women, most of the portraits and ethnographic images in this collection are the work of Charles Shepherd, including a group portrait of Pathan (also Pashtun) gentlemen in Peshawar, shots of several Afridi men, and a group of "Marauders" at Khyber Pass. Other subjects in this collection include "Elephants moving timber" in Burma; a view from the top of Humaioon's Tomb, overlooking the "Ruins of ancient Delhi"; the Observatory of Rajah Jey Singh in Delhi; a "view on the Lake Nynee Tal"; the "Marble Ghat at Rajnuggur, 900 ft in length, Oodeypore"; the "Rapids on the Pykara"; a view of the Taj Mahal; a "Burmese carriage & pair" in Yangon, and more. At least two photographs-of "Oodeypour Palace on the lake" and the "King of Burmah's state Barge," are attributed to Colin Murray, who was hired as chief photographer following Bourne's departure from India in 1870 and made many photographs for the firm. Several of the nine unsigned and unattributed photographs are likely also his work. Three photographs are definitely not by Bourne: one is signed "Shepherd & Robertson"; another is by the Bangalore-based studio Ritter, Molkenteller & Co.; and the third is signed "G. T. Sparke." Many images bear manuscript captions in ink, and three of these are signed"George Davidson, 1875.' We find no record of a photographer by that name working in the region or connected with Bourne. None of the Bourne photographs offered here have the block lettering found in his later prints. Samuel Bourne (1834-1912) ranks among the greatest travel photographers of the 19th century. He began making photographs in his native England in 1855. In 1862 his landscape photographs were included in the London International Exhibition and were very well received. Thus encouraged, Bourne sailed for India the following year, and made the first of three major trips within the sub-continent (the next came in 1864, and the last in 1866, when he was accompanied by Scottish geologist and botanist G. R. Playfair). Bourne made thousands of photographs of exceptionally fine quality, most of which focused on landscapes and architecture, although he also made some very fine portraits and ethnographic studies. He returned to England in 1870, and withdrew from the firm in 1874, having established a cotton-doubling business with his brother-in-law. REFERENCES: Pohlmann, Ulrich, Dietmar Siegert, and Esther Ruelfs, eds. Samuel Bourne: Sieben Jahre Indien. Photographien und Reiseberichte 1863-1870 (Munich: Schirmer/Mosel, 2001).
Publication Date: 1880
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
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Albumen prints (approximately 9 x 11-1/2 in.) mounted on card with manuscript captions, 61 signed and numbered in the negative by Bourne, the rest unattributed. 1 vols. Oblong folio. Bourne and Shepherd Views of India. An excellent and varied view of British India in the 1860s with large-format photographs supplied by one of the longest running photography firms in the world. The images, grouped by location, generally show architectural views, as well as some Himalayan and rural views. Images include scenes from Goverdhan, Deig, Cawnpore, Lucknow, Benares, Calcutta, Darjeeling, Udaipur (Palace in the Lake), and Ahmedabad. Contemporary full pebbled morocco. Light traces of rubbing, occasional light foxing to mounts Albumen prints (approximately 9 x 11-1/2 in.) mounted on card with manuscript captions, 61 signed and numbered in the negative by Bourne, the rest unattributed. 1 vols. Oblong folio.