India photograph album : manuscript

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Contributor:

Bourne, Samuel, 1834-1912.

Bourne & Shepherd

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Voyages and travels.

India--Photographs.

India.

Genre:

photograph albums.

Photographs.

Manuscripts, English -- 19th century.

Penn Provenance:

Sold at auction at Sotheby's (London, England), 14 November 2021, lot 15.

Physical Description:

1 volume (73 pages) : illustrations ; 15 x 11 cm

Production:

India, 1860-1900.

Summary:

This bound album contains 69 black and white photographs of various scenes in India from the later half of the 19th century. It is unknown who compiled this album, but the album was probably created by a British person traveling through India. The bulk of the images are of historic structures, such as tombs, mosques, temples, palaces, forts and ruins, in the vicinity of Agra, Calcutta, Delhi, Lucknow, and Uttar Pradesh. None of the images have any descriptive text. Some of the photographs have been identified as the works of Samuel Bourne (1834-1912) or John P. Nichols (circa 1830-1905). The first page contains a print of the arms of the colleges, halls, etc. of Oxford produced by Thomas Shrimpton & Son. The volume is bound in full leather with gilt decorations.

Cited as:

India Photograph Album (Ms. Coll. 1546). Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania.