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Photographer: Samuel Bourne (1834 - 1912) and Colin Murray (1840 - 1884) for Bourne . Views of temples, villages and landscapes in India. 1860s. Circa 28 albumen prints. Various sizes, most circa 24 x 29 cm. Most mounted, some annotated on the verso. The views show the Mausoleum at Sikandra; Qutub Minar; Taj Mahal; the Delhi Fort; Burning Ghat, Benares; Palace of Futtihpore Sikri; panorama of Bombay; Cave of Elephanta; Palace of Umbere; Cane bridge over the Teesta; Tower of Victory, Chittore; the Great Gate Futtihpore Sikri and others. – Some handling marks/creases, otherwise strong prints in good to very good condition. Provenance: Günter Heil Collection Lit.: Joachim K. Bautze/Raffael Dedo Gadebusch. Picturesque Views. Mughal India in Nineteenth-Century Photography, Ostfildern 2008, ill. pp. 85 and 90. Ulrich Pohlmann/Dietmar Siegert (eds.). Samuel Bourne - Sieben Jahre Indien. Munich 2001, ill. pp. 171, 180, 197.