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Series Title: Photographs of Northern India

Delhi. The Emperor's Palace. Interior of Dewani in Private Hall

1863–70

Samuel Bourne

(British, 1834–1912)
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Culture
England
Medium
albumen print
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Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2024.5.28
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Samuel Bourne, the author of most the images in this album, was a banker in England before he moved to India to become a professional photographer.

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The 50 images in this album, all taken in the 1860s, move from the hill towns of the Himalayas down to cities including Lahore (now in Pakistan), Delhi, Lucknow, Agra, Benares (now Varansi), and Calcutta (now Kolkata). Architectural studies of major monuments offer valuable historical records of what sites such as the Taj Mahal and the imperial mosque of the Mughal emperors in Delhi looked like before twentieth-century restorations.
A horizontally oriented black-and-white photograph depicts an ornate hall with rows of square pillars supporting scalloped arches. Intricate floral patterns cover the pillars and arches, while a carpet with repeating circular designs spans the floor. A large pillar stands in the right foreground. In the background, light filters through distant archways, casting shadows. A dark, textured ceiling hangs above, and a small figure rests in the middle ground on our left.

Delhi. The Emperor's Palace. Interior of Dewani in Private Hall

1863–70

Samuel Bourne

(British, 1834–1912)
England

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