The 'Yarrows' - Simla
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Albumen print by Samuel Bourne, mounted on original card/album page, titled 'The "Yarrows" - Simla". Image shows the "Yarrows" house in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, then-owned by the Rajah of Nahun. Possibly taken from "Peterhof", the house rented by the Governor General. The hill station of Shimla was a summer retreat for British citizens living in India during the Raj. The image was originally part of a 19th century album containing views of colonial India and Asia.
Details
- Category:
- Photographs
- Collection:
- Kodak Collection
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/16528
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Measurements:
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overall: 303 mm x 356 mm
- type:
- photograph
- credit:
- Kodak Collection, National Science and Media Museum, Bradford
