Shimla and the Taj Mahal

MEDIUMdouble-sided albumen print

DIMENSIONS[object Object]

COLLECTIONPhotography

CULTUREIndia, 19th century

CREDIT LINEPurchase from the Karl B. Goldfield Trust

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Samuel Bourne 1834–1912 · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

A bank clerk who quit his job, sailed to India, and hauled cameras up 18,600-foot Himalayan passes to capture 2,200 images.