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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1981.30
People
Samuel Bourne and Charles Shepherd, British, English (in partnership 1863-1870)
Title
Simla, A Group of Thugs
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1860s
Places
Creation Place: South Asia, India, Himachal Pradesh, Simla
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/284527

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Albumen silver print
Dimensions
image: 21.2 x 28.1 cm (8 3/8 x 11 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: recto, lower left corner, inscribed in negative: 128
  • inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: Simla [over] A Group of Thugs
  • inscription: verso, center, graphite: 128
  • stamp: verso, lower right corner, blue ink: Published by [over] Marion & Co. [over] London

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mrs. R. Minturn Sedgwick in memory of R. Minturn Sedgwick, Class of 1921
Accession Year
1981
Object Number
P1981.30
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
Permissions

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Exhibition History

  • Focus on Indian Photography: Imaging India in the 19th Century, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 12/02/2006 - 02/28/2007
  • Re-View: S231 (Islamic rotation: 7) Company to Crown, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 04/08/2011 - 10/15/2011

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