Temple of Vishnu, Trichinopoly, India, 1869, Samuel Bourne, British, 1834 - 1912, 9 1/2 x 11 1/2 in. ( x cm) (image, sheet), Albumen print, England, 19th century, In a quest for the picturesque, in 1863 Samuel Bourne left England to join a community of photographers in India, then under British rule. Over less than a decade, Bourne—and a team of South Asian porters carrying supplies of chemicals, glass plates, and a mobile darkroom—crisscrossed the subcontinent to produce over 2,500 photographs of the landscapes and architectural wonders of the growing British Empire

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