c. 1870 Bourne & Shepherd Albumen Portrait Photo of a Gentleman in India
India: Bourne & Shepherd, [c. 1870]. A circa 1870s albumen portrait photograph of a gentleman in India, mounted onto an early Bourne & Shepherd cabinet card, signed with the photographer's credit in black fountain pen ink "Bourne & Shepherd" just above the printed "India." cabinet card location credit. Later issue Bourne & Shepherd cabinet cards had the photographer's credits printed onto the front and / or back of the cards. A fine photographic example from this highly collectible Indian studio, with a neat, company inventory number written in pencil at top left corner on verso, and a faint "V" shape somewhat noticeable within the negative, perhaps from their drying rack, or holder. Item #5452
Bourne & Shepherd was an Indian photographic studio and one of the oldest established photographic businesses in the world. Established in 1863, at its peak, it was the most successful commercial firm in 19th-and early 20th-century India, with agencies all over India, and outlets in London and Paris, and also ran a mail order service. wiki.
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