On Darjeeling Railway
On Darjeeling Railway

Currently not on view

On Darjeeling 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
2011-6

Information

Title
On Darjeeling Railway
Dates

after 1881

Maker
Samuel Bourne
Charles Shepherd
Medium
Albumen print
Dimensions
23.2 × 28.4 cm (9 1/8 × 11 3/16 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
2011-6
Place Depicted

Asia, India, West Bengal

Inscription
ON DARJEELING RAILWAY. 39.
Culture
Indian, British
Type
photographs, black-and-white photographs, albumen prints
Techniques
albumen process
Subject
workers, railroad cars, horses, Colonial, tracks

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