Street view in Bhoondi
name: label: Photographer
content: Bourne, Samuel, 1834-1912
place: label: Place
content: India -- Rajasthan -- Bundi
topic: label: Topic
content: Photography -- Carbon Process
creator: label: Photographer
content: Bourne, Samuel, 1834-1912
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content: Still Prints of Asia
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Bundi, in Rajasthan, India, was gradually absorbed into the Mughal Empire beginning with the defeat of Emperor Hemu Vikramaditya in 1556. Rajasthan remained under the suzerainty of the Mughals but faced internal struggles through the late 18th century. This coincided with the decline of the Mughal Empire, and the Maratha Empire replaced them as suzerain of Rajasthan. The decline of the Maratha Empire, in turn, lead to Rajasthan accepting British suzerainty in the early 19th century. 
 
The British Raj did not directly control all of India. Some regions were under direct rule, but others were known as Princely States. While the title of Prince was generally conferred to members of families who ruled before the British acquired power, the title was also conferred to military leaders and those of lower royal status. Britain held suzerainty above the Princely States, meaning that the ruler of the State was below the status of the British King, but still held regional power, mostly judicial. 

For information on Samuel Bourne and Bourne & Shepard, see A1999.1_4
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Print (37 x 61 cm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1900
container: label: Container
content: Box 1, Folder 7, Item 2
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: FSA.A1999.01, Item FSA.A1999.01_31
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Prints
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: One carbon print, circa late 19th or early 20th century, with title, photographers' credit and reference number 2292 in the negative, appearing on the print in white on the lower left and right corners. Depicts a street scene in Bhoondi (probably Bundi), with hills in the background and Indian architecture and people in the foreground.