Bourne, Samuel and Charles Shepherd et al., A group of 34 early photographs of India, including Benares, Calcutta, The Mausoleum of the Emperor Ackbar, the Fort of Attock on the Indus, Agra and views of the river Houghly, most captioned in pencil on the reverse and dated, all neatly rolled, the majority 280mm x 234mm or less, c.1866-67. A fine group of early photographs of India from Bourne and Shepherd, purchased by Augustus Fortunatus Bellasis (1822-1872) during his government service in India as Magistrate of Surat. The photographs were purchased with a view to illustrating a book documenting his time in India, but Bellasis died before the project reached fruition. A full list of the subjects can be supplied on request.
Bourne, Samuel and Charles Shepherd et al., A group of 34 early photographs of India, including Benares, Calcutta, The Mausoleum of the Emperor Ackbar, the Fort of Attock on the Indus, Agra and views of the river Houghly, most captioned in pencil on the reverse and dated, all neatly rolled, the majority 280mm x 234mm or less, c.1866-67. A fine group of early photographs of India from Bourne and Shepherd, purchased by Augustus Fortunatus Bellasis (1822-1872) during his government service in India as Magistrate of Surat. The photographs were purchased with a view to illustrating a book documenting his time in India, but Bellasis died before the project reached fruition. A full list of the subjects can be supplied on request.
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