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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 found the Baspa Valley and surrounding area particularly beautiful and rewarding as a subject. He wrote: '…the turnings and windings of the valley, desolate though it was, overlooked by noble mountains wearing their snowy caps, were not wanting in that sterner beauty which is associated with grandeur; and some of my best pictures were obtained in following the course of the river to the glacier at the head of the valley – a distance of about 50 miles.’","physicalDescription":"This photograph is of the Baspa Valley. High mountains rise on either side of the valley and although the Baspa river runs though the valley it is only visible in the bottom right hand corner of this image. The clarity of the image is such that it is possible to see the details of the rocks and trees which line the mountainside and the valley.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Bourne, Samuel","id":"A8171"},"association":{"text":"photographer","id":"AAT25687"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[],"techniques":[{"text":"Wet collodion process","id":"AAT133299"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Albumen print from wet collodion glass negative","categories":[{"text":"Photographs","id":"THES48910"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"SSEA","id":"THES48598"},"images":["2006AC7543"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"003","id":"THES403839"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"photograph","id":"AAT46300"}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"India","id":"x29790"},"association":{"text":"photographed","id":"x30151"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1866","earliest":"1866-01-01","latest":"1866-12-31"},"association":{"text":"photographed","id":"x30151"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Width","value":"31.4","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"photograph","note":""},{"dimension":"Height","value":"19.3","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"photograph","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"32.9","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"mount","note":""},{"dimension":"Height","value":"26.4","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"mount","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"Signature and negative number in the bottom right hand corner.","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":""}],"objectHistory":"The photograph was initially part of the photographic collection held in the National Art Library. 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 with evidence of of handwritten text at the top.\r\nOn the right hand side: label with A.in.Baspa\r\nBottom left: Handwritten 'Baspa Valley: view from above Sangla.","historicalContext":"Samuel Bourne wrote and published an account of his journey in which he mentions the places that he photographed. Below is the relevant section for this photograph: \r\n\r\n'The Buspa Valley is celebrated for its beauty and its shooting grounds; my interest lay only in the former, and the part about Sungla was certainly very fine. Groves of walnut trees clustered thick on each bank of the Buspa, which meandered peacefully through the valley; above these, far up the hillsides, flourished the pine and the sturdy deodar – the whole shut in by lofty mountains, which on the north side often terminated in sharp –pointed peaks, while those on the south were generally covered with verdure and forest.  There was a delightful freshness and beauty about the whole, after the barren and wild scenes through which I had lately passed. I spent three very pleasant days taking views about the valley, and left Sungla with reluctance'.\r\n\r\nBourne, S, A Photographic journey through the Higher Himalayas, The British Journal of Photography, March 4 1870, pg 98.","briefDescription":"Photograph of the Baspa Valley, 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, March 4 1870, pg 98."}],"production":"The negative was made in 1866. 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