id: 157320 accession number: 1994.186 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1994.186 updated: 2023-08-23 23:21:11.033000 Temple at Naveshera, Kashmir, India, 1864. Samuel Bourne (British, 1834–1912). Albumen print from wet collodion negative; image: 24 x 28.7 cm (9 7/16 x 11 5/16 in.); matted: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1994.186 title: Temple at Naveshera, Kashmir, India title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1864 creation date earliest: 1864 creation date latest: 1864 current location: creditline: John L. Severance Fund copyright: --- culture: England, 19th century technique: albumen print from wet collodion negative department: Photography collection: Photography type: Photograph find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Samuel Bourne (British, 1834–1912) - artist Samuel Bourne British, 1834 - 1912 Born in Nottingham, Samuel Bourne first began taking photographs as an amateur in 1851. Four years later, he gave up his career in banking to become a professional photographer. In 1862 he embarked for India, where for the next several years he made three photographic expeditions into the Himalayas. He also formed a partnership in Simla with Charles Shepherd -- a publishing enterprise to reproduce photographic views. Until his return to England in 1870, Bourne continued to work in India and the Far East and to expand the province of Bourne & Shepherd, opening a second branch in Calcutta. By the time of his departure he had produced some 1,500 negatives of such places as Benares, Darjeeling, and Tibet, largely of landscape and architecture for the public market. Bourne was known for the care with which he conceived and executed his work. His images, though plentiful, were highly prized and remain so today. Many are still available from the firm Bourne & Shepherd, which has survived for more than 125 years. After returning to England, he established a business in cotton doubling, manufacturing thread for lacemaking and weaving machines, raised a family, and took up again the life of an amateur photographer and watercolorist. T.W.F. --- measurements: Image: 24 x 28.7 cm (9 7/16 x 11 5/16 in.); Matted: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Written in pencil on verso: "Kashmir / Ancient Temple / at Naveshera"; "999"; "4-2053"; "$1,400.00" translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Travel Photography: Early Images of India opening date: 2002-03-02T00:00:00 Travel Photography: Early Images of India. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 2-July 17, 2002). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * CMA, March 2 - July 17, 2002; "Travel Photography: Images of India". No catalog. --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: One of the most important British expeditionary photographers, Samuel Bourne was propelled by his great desire to travel to lovely, remote locations and to record images of what he considered picturesque. From 1863 to 1869, he worked widely in India, making three major expeditions to the Himalayas. This exquisite photograph of the decaying Temple of Naveshera was taken on his nine-month, second journey to this stunning, mountainous terrain. He balanced the ordered, constructed architectural forms with glimpses of the majestic natural landscape. Bourne included a few people in the scene to add a sense of scale, but they are incidental to the subject matter and symbolism of the photograph, which stresses the dominance of natural forces. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Cleveland Museum of Art, Tom E Hinson. Catalogue of Photography. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996. page number: Reproduced: P. 106 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1994.186/1994.186_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1994.186/1994.186_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1994.186/1994.186_full.tif