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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2.2002.108
People
Samuel Bourne, British (Nottingham, England 1834 - 1912 Nottingham, England)
Title
The Great Glacier and Snowy Peaks at the Head of Buspa Valley
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
c. 1867
Places
Creation Place: South Asia, India
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/160165

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Albumen silver print
Dimensions
image: 18.1 x 31.5 cm (7 1/8 x 12 3/8 in.)
mount: 45.8 x 55.8 cm (18 1/16 x 21 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: recto of mount, b.r. corner, in ink; partially obscured by photocorner: The great glacier a[nd Snowy Peaks]
    at head of Bu[spa Valley]
    [mount probably also numbered in u.l. corner; presently photocornered]
  • inscription: within field of image, b.l. corner, printed from incised mark on negative: Bourne 1525

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts
Accession Year
2011
Object Number
2.2002.108
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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