Oct 31, 2024 - Sale 2684

Sale 2684 - Lot 47

Price Realized: $ 3,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
SAMUEL BOURNE (1834-1912)
A group of 17 photographs depicting historical landmarks in Delhi. 1860s.
Including views of Jama Masjid, one of the largest mosques in India, St. James' Church (also known as Skinner's Church), Humayun's Tomb, The Great Arch and the Iron Pillar, and the Lahori Gate, among others. Albumen prints, the images measuring 9½x11¾ inches (24.1x29.8 cm.), and slightly smaller, and the reverse, the mounts 16x20 inches (40.6x50.8 cm.), 16 with Bourne's signature and inventory number in the negative.

Tomb of Nizamuddin (#1364) * Mausoleum of Shams al-Din Iltutmish (#1379) * Qutub - Hindu pillar, interior view Eastern colonnade (#1374) * Kashmiri Gate (#1357) * The Moti Masjid or Pearl mosque (#1351) * The Qutub Minar - carving detail view (#1371) * Ala-ud-Din's Gateway (#1380) * The Qutub Minar and Great Arch (#1370) * The Palace - Lahori Gate (#1349) * The Great Arch and the Iron Pillar (#1377) * The Tomb of Mirza Jehangir, remarkable marble carving (#1365) * The Mausoleum of Emperor Humayun (#1362) * St. James' Church (#1358) * The Jama Masjid - North view * View of Palace from South West (#1348) * View of Delhi from The Jama Masjid (#1345) * The Jama Masjid (#1355)