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He had left his job as a Nottingham bank clerk in order to develop a new career as a photographer. Bourne undertook three treks to Kashmir and the western Himalayas in 1863, 1864 and 1866, during which he photographed his surroundings extensively. Throughout his travels Bourne wrote about his first impressions of the places he visited and these writings were published in the British Journal of Photography. \r\n\r\nThis photograph is of the camel carriages belonging to Sir Robert Montgomery (1809-1887). Montgomery was the Chief Commissioner of the Province of Oudh and was instrumental in the violent suppression of the Indian Mutiny of 1857.\r\n\r\nTowards the end of the 1860s, Bourne established a partnership with fellow photographer and Englishman Charles Shepherd (fl. 1858-1878) and in the space of a few years Bourne & Shepherd became the pre-eminent photographic firm in India. By the end of 1870 they had three branches, in Simla, Calcutta and Bombay.\n\r\nSamuel Bourne’s ability to combine technical skill and artistic vision has led to him being recognised today as one of the most outstanding photographers working in India in the nineteenth century.\r\n","physicalDescription":"Photograph showing carriages outside of Government House in Lahore. There is a large carriage to the left and a smaller one in the centre of the picture. 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