Punjab Exhibition Building, Lahore
Photograph
1864 (photographed)
1864 (photographed)
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In 1863 Samuel Bourne (1834-1912) arrived in India. He had left his job as a Nottingham bank clerk in order to develop a new career as a photographer. Bourne undertook three treks to Kashmir and the western Himalayas in 1863, 1864 and 1866, during which he photographed his surroundings extensively. Throughout his travels he wrote about his first impressions of the places he visited and these writings were published in the British Journal of Photography.
The 1864 Punjab Exhibition of Arts and Industry aimed to promote arts and crafts and manufactured goods from the province as well as from the rest of India. The building depicted here was erected to display the vast number of exhibits which were divided into four categories: raw produce, manufacturers, machinery and the fine arts. Samuel Bourne himself exhibited within the fine arts category and received acclaim for his work.
Towards the end of the 1860s, Bourne established a partnership with fellow photographer and Englishman Charles Shepherd (fl. 1858-1878) and in the space of a few years Bourne & Shepherd became the pre-eminent photographic firm in India. By the end of 1870 they had three branches, in Simla, Calcutta and Bombay.
Samuel Bourne’s ability to combine technical skill and artistic vision has led to him being recognised today as one of the most outstanding photographers working in India in the nineteenth century.
The 1864 Punjab Exhibition of Arts and Industry aimed to promote arts and crafts and manufactured goods from the province as well as from the rest of India. The building depicted here was erected to display the vast number of exhibits which were divided into four categories: raw produce, manufacturers, machinery and the fine arts. Samuel Bourne himself exhibited within the fine arts category and received acclaim for his work.
Towards the end of the 1860s, Bourne established a partnership with fellow photographer and Englishman Charles Shepherd (fl. 1858-1878) and in the space of a few years Bourne & Shepherd became the pre-eminent photographic firm in India. By the end of 1870 they had three branches, in Simla, Calcutta and Bombay.
Samuel Bourne’s ability to combine technical skill and artistic vision has led to him being recognised today as one of the most outstanding photographers working in India in the nineteenth century.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Albumen print from wet collodion negative |
| Brief description | Photograph, 'Punjab Exhibition Building, Lahore', albumen print, Samuel Bourne, India, 1860s |
| Physical description | Photograph showing the Punjab Exhibition Building with horses and carts outside of it. There are several figures standing in the middleground of the composition and a shadow extends into the bottom left corner. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Signature and negative number in bottom right corner. |
| Object history | This 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 it is categorised. The mount is white. Bottom Left: Label from Bourne catalogue with some handwritten text. |
| Production | The negative was made in 1864. The print was made before March 1867. |
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| Summary | In 1863 Samuel Bourne (1834-1912) arrived in India. He had left his job as a Nottingham bank clerk in order to develop a new career as a photographer. Bourne undertook three treks to Kashmir and the western Himalayas in 1863, 1864 and 1866, during which he photographed his surroundings extensively. Throughout his travels he wrote about his first impressions of the places he visited and these writings were published in the British Journal of Photography. The 1864 Punjab Exhibition of Arts and Industry aimed to promote arts and crafts and manufactured goods from the province as well as from the rest of India. The building depicted here was erected to display the vast number of exhibits which were divided into four categories: raw produce, manufacturers, machinery and the fine arts. Samuel Bourne himself exhibited within the fine arts category and received acclaim for his work. Towards the end of the 1860s, Bourne established a partnership with fellow photographer and Englishman Charles Shepherd (fl. 1858-1878) and in the space of a few years Bourne & Shepherd became the pre-eminent photographic firm in India. By the end of 1870 they had three branches, in Simla, Calcutta and Bombay. Samuel Bourne’s ability to combine technical skill and artistic vision has led to him being recognised today as one of the most outstanding photographers working in India in the nineteenth century. |
| Other number | 412 - Negative number |
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| Accession number | 52900 |
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| Record created | January 6, 2017 |
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