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Description: | Photograph of a view of the Kulu Valley below Rusala from the 'Strachey Collection of Indian Views', taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1864.Samuel Bourne, the bank clerk and amateur photographer arrived in India in 1863 during the early years of commercial photography. Photographs taken during expeditions to Kashmir and the Himalayas demonstrate his ability to combine technical skill and artistic vision. These views display a compositional elegance which appealed to Victorian notions of the ‘picturesque’; strategically framed landscapes of rugged mountain scenery, forests, rivers, lakes and rural dwellings. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Subjects: | Agriculture Rivers Mountain Views Cartography And Topography Landscapes Rivers and waterways Trade And Economics | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Bourne, Samuel | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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