Samuel Bourne (1834-1912)

Albumen prints, mounted on either side of 27 album pages. The majority signed and bearing the Bourne negative numbers incised in the negative, a small minority signed 'Bourne and Shepherd', and with similar numbers. Many titled in pencil on the mounts in a later hand. Presented in a cloth-covered box.

The boards have bowed slightly over time. Image surfaces generally in good or very good condition, although there are certainly some scuffs and other markings present. There has been some fading, but the overall condition of the majority is excellent.
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A good group of Bourne views of India, the majority studies of monuments Mughal, Hindu, and British, including unusual interior views. One splendid mountain view of the Himalayas from Darjeeling, and also included (and presented in the same way) an interesting photographic reproduction of a sketch map of Major General Wheeler's Entrenchments at Cawnpore in 1857, credited in the original map to 'Fry and Rahm, Artists and Photographers, Lucknow and Naini Tahl'.