The Loop, Agony Point, Darjeeling-Himalayan Railway
The Loop, Agony Point, Darjeeling-Himalayan Railway

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The Loop, Agony Point, Darjeeling-Himalayan Railway,

after 1881

Bourne & Shepherd, active 1860s–2016
Samuel Bourne, 1834–1912; born Staffordshire, UK; died Nottingham, UK; active India
Charles Shepherd, born England; active 1858–1878 in India
2009-95
In this image produced by the commercial publisher Bourne & Shepherd, railway staff poses alongside a passenger train on the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, one of the world’s greatest engineering feats. Initially built because of Darjeeling’s relative proximity to Kolkata (formerly Calcutta), agricultural prosperity, and mountainous landscape—all of which attracted Western visitors—this railway revolutionized the transportation of goods and persons between the highlands and lowlands of West Bengal and came to represent the modernization of the Indian subcontinent.

Information

Title
The Loop, Agony Point, Darjeeling-Himalayan Railway
Dates

after 1881

Maker
Samuel Bourne
Charles Shepherd
Medium
Albumen print
Dimensions
23.1 × 29 cm (9 1/8 × 11 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. George Packer Berry in honor of her husband, Class of 1921 and Charter Trustee of Princeton University, 1956–1969
Object Number
2009-95
Place Depicted

Asia, India, West Bengal, Tindharia

Marks/Labels/Seals
In negative, lower left corner: THE LOOP “AGONY POINT” DARJEELING Rv. .18.
Culture
British, Indian
Type
albumen prints, black-and-white photographs, photographs
Techniques
albumen process
Subject
trees, landscapes (representations), rails (transit system elements), mountains

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