Glacier near old Kokser
Photograph
1866 (photographed)
1866 (photographed)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
This is one of the many images of India captured by the English photographer Samuel Bourne. From July to December 1866 he toured a part of the Himalayan region. He wrote about his journey in The British Journal of Photography, outlining his route and in some cases describing the scenes of which he took photographs.
Here is his description of this image of a glacier: 'The valley was closely hemmed in by rocky precipices and barren hills, and the heat again became oppressive. During a long march of 14 miles I stopped to take two pictures - one of the end of a glacier which poured through a dip in the ridge and came down almost to the margin of the river….'
Here is his description of this image of a glacier: 'The valley was closely hemmed in by rocky precipices and barren hills, and the heat again became oppressive. During a long march of 14 miles I stopped to take two pictures - one of the end of a glacier which poured through a dip in the ridge and came down almost to the margin of the river….'
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Glacier near old Kokser (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Albumen print from wet collodion glass negative |
| Brief description | Photograph of a glacier in the Chandra Valley, India, by Samuel Bourne, 1866. |
| Physical description | This photograph shows the very dramatic boulders and rock formations of a part of the glacier near Koksar, a small settlement in the Chandra Valley. There is a stream in the bottom right hand side which seems to be coming from a band of snow in the right hand side of the photograph. Signature and negative number bottom right hand side. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Signature and negative number in bottom right hand side. |
| Object history | The photograph was initially part of the photographic collection held in the National Art Library. The markings on the mount are an indication of the history of the object, its movement through the museum and the way in which it is categorised. The mount is white with handwritten text which is only partially visible now: Topography, India, IIbd. Right hand side: A.in. Chandra Valley Bottom left: Lable from Bourne catalogue and 'Chandra Valley' handwritten below it. |
| Historical context | Samuel Bourne wrote and published an account of his journey in which he mentions the places that he photographed. Below is the relevant section for this photograph: ‘The valley was closely hemmed in by rocky precipices and barren hills, and the heat again became oppressive. During a long march of 14 miles I stopped to take two pictures – one of the end of a glacier which poured through a dip in the ridge and came down almost to the margin of the river…’ Bourne, S, A Photographic journey through the Higher Himalayas, The British Journal of Photography, December 31 1869, pg 629. |
| Production | The negative was made in 1866. This print was made before March 1867. |
| Subject depicted | |
| Place depicted | |
| Summary | This is one of the many images of India captured by the English photographer Samuel Bourne. From July to December 1866 he toured a part of the Himalayan region. He wrote about his journey in The British Journal of Photography, outlining his route and in some cases describing the scenes of which he took photographs. Here is his description of this image of a glacier: 'The valley was closely hemmed in by rocky precipices and barren hills, and the heat again became oppressive. During a long march of 14 miles I stopped to take two pictures - one of the end of a glacier which poured through a dip in the ridge and came down almost to the margin of the river….' |
| Bibliographic reference | Bourne, S, A Photographic journey through the Higher Himalayas, The British Journal of Photography, December 31 1869, pg 629. |
| Other number | 1448 - Negative number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 53080 |
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| Record created | December 1, 2004 |
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