Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00012881The Upper Himmalayahs. View on the New Road between India and China. Mt. Pangi with the Snowy Peaks of China in the Distance
About the Artwork
The alpine landscape of Pahari India fascinated British collectors of photographic albums in the 1800s, who enjoyed observational travel and gaining knowledge through images of distant places. This album contains 50 photographs of Indian monuments and landscapes, which became part of the British Empire less than a decade before Samuel Bourne photographed this scene. Two men on the road reveal the immense scale of the mountains and narrowness of the road, thereby satisfying British tastes for the sublime and wondrous. They probably served local guides and porters who carried Bourne’s glass plates, chemicals, and other photographic equipment.
Provenance
?–2024: (Photovintagefrance, Lorraine, France, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) 2024–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Samuel Bourne (British, 1834–1912)
- Date
- 1863 or 1866
- Medium
- albumen print
- Type
- Photograph
- Classification
- Photograph
- Department
- Photography
- Credit line
- Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
- Accession no.
- 2024.5.19
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