Bourne, Samuel

Mundapum, with facade of carved horses

Vintage albumen print, inscribed in negative, lower left ("Bourne 2065"), docketed on verso. 9 1/4 x 11 1/4 in, [India: ca. 1865]. Bourne cat. #2065. Matted; fine.

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)

Item #242355       Price: $1,250.00