View of Secundra
Photograph
mid 19th century (made)
mid 19th century (made)
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Albumen print of a view of Secundra from the top of the entrance gate, probably leading to the Tomb of Akbar, the third Mughal emperor to rule India from 1556-1605.
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Title | View of Secundra (generic title) |
Materials and techniques | Albumen print |
Brief description | Photograph by Samuel Bourne of a View of Secundra, near Agra, India, about 1850 |
Physical description | Albumen print of a view of Secundra from the top of the entrance gate, probably leading to the Tomb of Akbar, the third Mughal emperor to rule India from 1556-1605. |
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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. |
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Accession number | 53306 |
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Record created | June 17, 2003 |
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