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CALCUTTA, BOMBAY & SIMLA : BOURNE & SHEPHERD (ACTIVE 1864-1900S)
Indian Chiefs, 1887
c. 1887RCIN 2107577
The Bourne & Shepherd photography studio was favoured by members of Indian Royalty and the British Raj.To British audiences, their black-and-white portraits were familiar in style but also corresponded to Western ideas of the ‘exotic’, especially if the Indian sitter was photographed wearing traditional clothing and jewellery.