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Red Fort at Lahore Gate, New Delhi

Photograph
mid 19th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Bourne, Samuel (photographer)
Place of origin
Delhi (made)

Albumen print of The Palace (Red Fort) at Lahore Gate, New Delhi.


Object details

Categories
Photographs
Architecture
Topography
SCRAN
Object type
Photograph
TitleRed Fort at Lahore Gate, New Delhi (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Albumen print
Brief description
Photograph by Samuel Bourne of the Palace at Lahore Gate, Delhi, India, about 1850
Physical description
Albumen print of The Palace (Red Fort) at Lahore Gate, New Delhi.
Dimensions
  • Height: 22.7cm
  • Width: 29.3cm
Historical context
Samuel Bourne (1834-1912) left his job as a bank clerk in Nottingham to become a professional photographer, and in 1863 sailed to India to develop his new career. He remained there for several years to become recognised as one of the most successful British photographers to document the expanding British empire. His photographs were produced primarily for the European market, and provided a glimpse of India as a distant colonised land and its people. Bourne's photographic success was a combination of his impressive photographic skill and ability to present photographs of India that co-incided with the western, Orientalist vision of the exotic East. In 1870 Bourne took up permanent residency in England and withdrew from photography after establishing a cotton-doubling mill. In 1896 after retiring from business he devoted his time to watercolour painting.
Subject depicted
Forts
Place depicted
New Delhi
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
53195

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Record createdJune 17, 2003
Record URL
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