Harvard Art Museums > 2006.198: Cathedral, Calcutta Photographs Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Cathedral, Calcutta (Samuel Bourne) , 2006.198,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, May 08, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/317662. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2006.198 People Samuel Bourne, British (Nottingham, England 1834 - 1912 Nottingham, England) Title Cathedral, Calcutta Classification Photographs Work Type photograph Date c. 1867 Places Creation Place: South Asia, India, Bengal, Calcutta Culture Indian Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/317662 Physical Descriptions Technique Albumen silver print Dimensions 23.5 x 28.26 cm (9 1/4 x 11 1/8 in.) Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Catherine and Ralph Benkaim in honor of Thomas W. Lentz, Jr. Accession Year 2006 Object Number 2006.198 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Samuel Bourne no. 1712. A full view of St. Paul's Cathedral in Calcutta. This very stable image is based upon European landscape compositions, with the cathedral sitting in the center of the image, resting upon a shallow foreground and buttressed to either side by leafy trees. Two figures stand to the lower right of the building, creating a sense of scale. The foreground is divided by a wide road that cuts diagonally to either side. The sky fills over two thirds of the composition and is broken only by the towering spire of the cathedral in the top center of the image. Bourne did a number of Calcutta scenes documenting the colonial city, a subject familiar to British patrons since the Daniels prints and paintings of British monuments, created over a half century earlier. The large population of foreigners in Calcutta encouraged Bourne and Shepherd to open a branch of their photo studio in the city in the 1860's. Verification Level This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
