Darjeeling Cane Bridge
0000; Gale Group; Linguagem: English
Resumo
Photograph by Samuel Bourne of a Footbridge over the Tista River 'Leading into Bhootan' (Bhutan), near the Indian Town of Darjeeling, (Now Darjiling, in West Bengal). Bourne, a Pioneer of Travel Photography, Began His Working Life as a Bank Clerk. Ln 1863 He Went to India Where He Established a Studio in Simla, in Partnership with Charles Shepherd. Between 1863 and 1870 He Undertook Several Photographic Expeditions, Including Trips to the Himalayas, Producing a Collection of Landscape Views Unsurpassed in Technical Skill and Compositional Elegance. By 1870 the Bourne and Shepherd Catalogue Contained 2,000 Views from All Parts of the Subcontinent. Royal Photographic Society/NMeM/ Science & Society Picture Library. Photographer: Samuel Bourne.
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