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From July to December 1866, he toured part of the Himalayan region. He wrote about his journey in The British Journal of Photography, outlining his route and in some cases describing the scenes he photographed.\r\n\r\nHe commented: ‘The river here flowed over a broad gravelly bed in many little separate channels, and its banks, the height of which was some ninety or hundred feet, presented a strange appearance. The action of the rains had washed away the soft alluvial deposit, which apparently had once formed the bed of a lake, into innumerable pointed pillars, standing sometimes singly, sometimes in groups, some of them having large stones balanced on their narrow  points, looking as though they would topple over at any moment.’","physicalDescription":"A stream runs through the centre of the image. Dramatic high banks rise on either side of the stream with curious rock formations on the right hand side. 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The markings on the mount are an indication of the history of the object, its movement through the museum and the way in which it is categorised. \r\nThe mount is white and once has  handwitten text at the top.\r\nRight hand side: A.in Kioto\r\nBottom left: Label from Bourne catalogue with 'Kioto (Spiti)' handwritten below it.","historicalContext":"Samuel Bourne wrote and published an account of his journey in which he mentions the places that he photographed.Bourne took several photographs of this part of the Spiti river and below is the relevant section for these photographs: \r\n\r\n‘The river here flowed over a broad gravely bed in many little separate channels, and its banks, the height of which was some ninety or hundred feet, presented a strange appearance. The action of the rains had washed away the soft alluvial deposit, which apparently had once formed the bed of a lake, into innumerable pointed pillars, standing sometimes singly, sometimes in groups, some of them having large stones balanced on their narrow  points, looking as though they would topple over at any moment.’\r\n\r\nBourne, S, A Photographic journey through the Higher Himalayas, The British Journal of Photography, December 31 1869, pg 629.","briefDescription":"Photograph of a stream near Kyoto, Spiti, India, by Samuel Bourne 1866.","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Bourne, S, A Photographic journey through the Higher Himalayas, The British Journal of Photography, December 31 1869, pg 629."}],"production":"The negative was made in 1866. 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