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Calcutta; Rustic Scenes and Rural Life in Bengal

Samuel Bourneabout 1872

The J. Paul Getty Museum

The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States

View of a village from a dirt road. A man sits atop a flat wooden cart pulled by two oxen yoked to the front. Thatched-roof huts line the roadside, and groups of men, women, and children sit in front of them engaging in activities of daily life.

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  • Title: Calcutta; Rustic Scenes and Rural Life in Bengal
  • Creator: Samuel Bourne
  • Date Created: about 1872
  • Location Created: Calcutta, West Bengal, India; Kolkata, West Bengal, India
  • Physical Dimensions: 23.3 × 28.9 cm (9 3/16 × 11 3/8 in.)
  • Type: Print
  • External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
  • Medium: Albumen silver print
  • Terms of Use: Open Content
  • Number: 84.XO.1126.99
  • Culture: English
  • Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
  • Creator Display Name: Samuel Bourne (English, 1834 - 1912)
  • Classification: Photographs (Visual Works)
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