Lot 436
India and Ceylon
Auction: 4 February 2009 at 11:00 GMT
Description
Two albums comprising 137 albumen prints [42 by S. Bourne, 2 by Bourne & Shephered, 18 by Scowen of Ceylon, remainder unattributed], including views of Delhi and Agra (23), Secundra (1), Fatephur Sikri (5), Gwalior (3), Cawnpore (1), Hooghly and Calcutta (5), Darjeeling & railway (6), native types (5), Benares (4), Lucknow (4), Amritsar (3), Lahore (2), Bombay (5), Madura (3), Jeppa tank (1), Trichnipoly (5), Tanjore (4), Pondicherry (1), Madras (2), Golconda (4), Hydrabad (3), Bijapur (7), Poona (1), Jain temple at Mt. Aboo (4), Ajmere (3), Jaipur (8), native scenes (7), Ceylon [by Scowen] (18), from 29 x 22cm to 14 x 9cm., 73 with the caption in the negative, the remainder captioned in ink on the mount, some light fading, some light spotting to album leaves (not affecting images), three with inkstamp on verso just showing through, contemporary maroon morocco lettered India, H.M. 1890-1 on covers