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Series Title: Photographs of Northern India

The City of Benares, on the Ganges, View of the Great Mosque of A (?) and Adjoining Landing Places

1863–70

Samuel Bourne

(British, 1834–1912)
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Culture
England
Medium
albumen print
Credit Line
Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2024.5.46
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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 20th-century restorations.
A horizontally oriented sepia-toned photograph depicts a riverbank lined with dense stone buildings and tiered steps. Two tall, slender towers rise in the background at the center-right. In the left foreground, stone platforms hold figures, a standing cow, and a seated dog. Large stacks of wood pile near the shore where small boats gather. The river recedes toward the right horizon. Small text is inscribed at the bottom center: "Bourne 1168."

The City of Benares, on the Ganges, View of the Great Mosque of A (?) and Adjoining Landing Places

1863–70

Samuel Bourne

(British, 1834–1912)
England

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