About this artwork
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artist:Samuel Bourne (1834 - 1912) English
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title:Simla - Elysium Hill
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date created:Unknown
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materials:Albumen print
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measurements:23.7 x 29.3 cm
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object type:
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accession number:PGP R 870.4
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Samuel Bourne
Samuel Bourne
Samuel Bourne was a Nottingham bank clerk with a passion for photography. In 1862 he left England for India and remained there for seven years, travelling extensively in the western Himalayas. Bourne often required forty servants to carry his bulky and fragile equipment. Given the challenges of...