Photograph
ca. 1863-1864 (made)
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When Dr John McCosh took the earliest known photograph of the tomb in 1849, it had been a small print, capturing the dome of the tomb in a deep purple tone. In this photograph taken over ten tears later, technological advances allowed Bourne to take a full view of the tomb with the added interest of people in the foreground, an example of the care he took in framing his shots.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Albumen print |
| Brief description | Photograph of Ranjit Singh's Tomb, by Bourne & Shepherd, Lahore, 1860's. |
| Physical description | Photograph of Ranjit Singh's white marble tomb dominating the centre of the image, surrounded by two leafy trees, a single rickshaw and people in the foreground which emphasise the architectural scale. |
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| Object history | Historical significance: During the 19th century Samuel Bourne and Charles Shepherd became renowned as professional photographers, specialising in a wide variety of commercial material including spectacular images of Indian landscape photography and the 'Peoples of India'. |
| Historical context | Ranjit Singh (1780-1839) became Maharaja of the Panjab at Lahore in 1801. Known as the 'Lion of the Panjab', he was a ruler of outstanding qualities whose unique achievement was to reconcile the warring factions of the Panjab and create a Sikh nation. |
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| Summary | When Dr John McCosh took the earliest known photograph of the tomb in 1849, it had been a small print, capturing the dome of the tomb in a deep purple tone. In this photograph taken over ten tears later, technological advances allowed Bourne to take a full view of the tomb with the added interest of people in the foreground, an example of the care he took in framing his shots. |
| Bibliographic reference | Stronge, S. (Ed.) "The Arts of the Sikh Kingdoms", V&A, 1999
p. 207, Pl. 236, p. 241, Cat. 230 |
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| Accession number | IS.7:35-1998 |
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| Record created | September 30, 2002 |
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