Views of Delhi and Umballa

Albumen prints mounted on card and captioned in pen in English and Tamil on mounts in the same unknown hand, a total of forty-eight photographs with one per page on 23 pages back-to-back and two photographs mounted on recto only measuring 9.25 x 11.5 in (23.5 x 29.5 cm). Album Size: 13.5 x 17.75 x 1 in (34.5 x 45 x 2.5 cm). Mount Size: 13 x 16.75 in (33.2 x 42.5 cm), half leather bound with label titled “Views of Delhi and Umballa” at the front cover along with 4 raised bands at the spine. All edges gilt.

A total of 48 Photographs with 42 of Delhi and 6 of Umballa.

A total of forty-eight photographs with forty-one by Samuel Bourne and numbered in the negative (nos. (1345,1346,1347,1348,1349,1350,1351,1356,1357,1358,1359,1360,1361,1362,1363,1364,1365,1366,1367,1368,1369,1370,1371,1372,1373,1374,1375,1376,1377,1378,1379,1380,1381,1382,1383,1384,1385,1751,1752,1753,1754,1754A,1858,1859,1869,1864,1865,1867) and the remaining seven photographs by unknown photographer.

Photographs appear in the following sequence: -.

1) Delhi – The City from the Jumma Musjid. Through the Ridge. Signed “Bourne” and numbered “1345” (lower right) in the negative
2) General View of the City Looking South. Signed “Bourne” and numbered “1346” (lower right) in the negative
3) The Palace from the Jumma Musjid. Signed “Bourne” and numbered “1347” (lower left) in the negative
4) The Palace from the South West. Signed “Bourne” and numbered “1348” (lower left) in the negative
5) Delhi. Lahore Gate of the Palace. Signed “Bourne” and numbered “1349” (lower right) in the negative
6) Interior of the Dewan Khas, or Hall of audience. Signed “Bourne” and numbered “1350” (lower left) in the negative
7) The Palace – The Moti Musjid or Pearl Mosque. Signed “Bourne” and numbered “1351” (lower left) in the negative
8) The Chnandini Chowk, or Principal Street. Signed “Bourne” and numbered “1356” (lower left) in the negative
9) The Cashmere Gate. Signed “Bourne” and numbered “1357” (lower left) in the negative
10) The Church. Signed “Bourne” and numbered “1358” (lower right) in the negative
11) The “Lat” or Stone Pillar raised by Feroz Shah. Signed “Bourne” and numbered “1359” (lower left) in the negative
12) The Puran Kila – Old Fort of Delhi. Signed “Bourne” and numbered “1360” (lower left) in the negative
13) The Kila Kona Mosque – Affghan Period. Signed “Bourne” and numbered “1361” (lower right) in the negative
14) Tomb of the Emperor Humayoon. Signed “Bourne” and numbered “1362” (lower left) in the negative
15) Ruins of Ancient Delhi from Humayun Tomb. Signed “Bourne” and numbered “1363” (lower left) in the negative
16) Tomb of Nizamoodin. Signed “Bourne” and numbered “1364” (lower left) in the negative
17) Tomb of Mirza Jehangir. Signed “Bourne” and numbered “1365” (lower right) in the negative
18) The Chausat Khamba, or 64 Pillar Hall. Signed “Bourne” and numbered “1366” (lower right) in the negative
19) The Old Observatory of Rajah Jey Singh. Signed “Bourne” and numbered “1367” (lower right) in the negative
20) Mausoleum of Suftur Jung. Signed “Bourne” and numbered “1368” (lower right) in the negative
21) The Kootub Minar and surrounding ruins, from the East. Signed “Bourne” and numbered “1369” (lower right) in the negative
22) The Kootub, with the Great Arch from the West. Signed “Bourne” and numbered “1370” (lower left) in the negative
23) Showing the carving in the first gallery. Signed “Bourne” and numbered “1371” (lower left) in the negative
24) Colonnade of Hindoo Pillars at the Kootub, North Side. Signed “Bourne” and numbered “1372” (lower right) in the negative
25) Colonnade of Hindoo Pillars at the Kootub East Side. Signed “Bourne” and numbered “1373” (lower left) in the negative
26) Interior View of the Eastern Colonnade. Signed “Bourne” and numbered “1374” (lower right) in the negative
27) Interior View of the Northern Colonnade. Signed “Bourne” and numbered “1375” (lower right) in the negative
28) The Great Arch and Iron Pillar at the Kootub. Signed “Bourne” and numbered “1376” (lower right) in the negative
29) General View of the Arch. Signed “Bourne” and numbered “1377” (lower right) in the negative
30) Ruins of the Southern Arches. Signed “Bourne” and numbered “1378” (lower right) in the negative
31) Tomb of Altamash, builder of the Kootub. Signed “Bourne” and numbered “1379” (lower left) in the negative
32) Alaoodin Gateway. Signed “Bourne” and numbered “1380” (lower right) in the negative
33) North Entrance, or doorway of Alaoodin Gateway. Signed “Bourne” and numbered “1381” (lower right) in the negative
34) Ruins of the Fort of Toqlukabad. Signed “Bourne” and numbered “1382” (lower right) in the negative
35) Distant View of Toqlukabad, with the Mausoleum. Signed “Bourne” and numbered “1383” (lower right) in the negative
36) Ruins inside the Fort of Toqlukabad. Signed “Bourne” and numbered “1384” (lower centre) in the negative
37) Tomb of Emperor Toqluk- Ruins of the fort in the foreground. Signed “Bourne” and numbered “1385” (lower right) in the negative
38) St. Stephen Memorial Church. Neither signed nor numbered but “1751”
39) Interior of St. Stephen Church. Neither signed nor numbered but “1752”
40) The Delhi Institute. Neither signed nor numbered but “1753”
41) The Railway Bride giver the river Jumna – Delhi. Neither signed nor numbered but “1754”
42) The Memorial on the ridge. Delhi. Neither signed nor numbered but “1754A”
43) St. Paul Church – Umballa from S.W. Signed “Bourne” and numbered “1858” (lower left) in the negative
44) Interior of the Umballa Church. Neither signed nor numbered but “1859”
45) An Indian Compound and Bunglow – Umballa. Signed “Bourne” and numbered “1869” (lower left) in the negative
46) The Railway Station- Umballa. Neither signed nor numbered but “1864”
47) Railway Bridge over the Mahahare near Umballa. Signed “Bourne” and numbered “1865” (lower left) in the negative
48) View in Umballa, near the. Signed “Bourne” and numbered “1867” (lower left) in the negative

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