Samuel Bourne Photograph: Nautch Bungalow Shalimar
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: FSA A1998.07
name: label: Creator
content: Bourne, Samuel, 1834-1912
place: label: Place
content: Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir, India)
label: Place
content: India -- Kashmir -- Dal Lake
topic: label: Topic
content: Shalimar Garden (Srinagar, India)
label: Topic
content: Gardens -- India
label: Topic
content: Gardens, Mogul
creator: label: Creator
content: Bourne, Samuel, 1834-1912
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Samuel Bourne (1834-1912) had already begun to earn recognition for his work in England, having exhibited at the London International Exhibition of 1862, when he decided to give up his position in a bank and depart for India to work as a professional photographer. He arrived in Calcutta early in 1863, initially setting up a partnership with William Howard. They moved up to Simla, where they established a new studio Howard & Bourne, to be joined in 1864 by Charles Shepherd, to form Howard, Bourne & Shepherd. By 1866, after the departure of Howard, it became Bourne & Shepherd, the name under which the firm continues to operate to this day. Although Bourne only spent 6 years in India, his time there was extremely productive. He undertook three major expeditions in the Himalayas, creating an impressive body of work which combined the highest technical quality and a keen artistic eye, while working under difficult physical conditions. Bourne left India for good in 1870, selling his interest in Bourne & Shepherd shortly thereafter and abandoning commercial photography.
label: Biographical / Historical
content: The Shalimar Gardens were built by the Mughal emperor Jahangir (r.1605-27) for his wife Mehrunissa, called Nur Jahan, in 1616. The gardens were the inspiration for other gardens of the same name, notably the Shalimar Gardens in Lahore, Pakistan. A simple translation of nautch is "dance" or "dancing". The nautch bungalow was likely a residence for the young girls known as "Nautch girls", who performed one of several styles of popular dance known as Nautch. The performance of Nautch rose to prominence during the later period of Mughal Empire, gradually expanding outside the confines of the Imperial Courts.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Print (albumen, image, 24 x 29 cm., mounted 31 x 40.)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1860s
container: label: Container
content: Box 1
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Purchased, 1998.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: FSA.A1998.07
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Prints
label: Type
content: Prints
label: Type
content: Albumen prints
label: Type
content: Photographs
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Organized in one flat box.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Albumen prints
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: One albumen print of a nautch bungalow at the Shalimar Garden, Srinagar, India, circa 1860s. With two men next to a pool of water. Signed "Bourne 806" in black ink on bottom right of image. "Nautch Bungalow Shalimar" is inscribed on the board beneath the photograph.