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Lepcha Woman (number 1908)
Samuel Bournec. 1863-70
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
One of the most versatile and widely traveled early photographers of India was Samuel Bourne, recognized in his time and now for superb technical skills and artistic talent. While his predominant subject matters were landscape and architectural views, Bourne sometimes photographed the types of people he encountered on his travels throughout India.
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- Title: Lepcha Woman (number 1908)
- Creator: Samuel Bourne (British, 1834-1912)
- Date Created: c. 1863-70
- Physical Dimensions: Image: 27.5 x 23.2 cm (10 13/16 x 9 1/8 in.); Paper: 27.5 x 23.2 cm (10 13/16 x 9 1/8 in.)
- Provenance: (Daniella Dangoor, London, England), The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Photograph
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/2019.55
- Medium: albumen print from wet collodion negative
- Inscriptions: Written in black ink on recto, lower left: “Bourne/1908”, Written in pencil on verso: “1908”
- Fun Fact: The Lepcha people, also called the Rongkup, are indigenous to Sikkim, Darjeeling, and West Bengal in India, and to areas of Nepal and Bhutan.
- Department: Photography
- Culture: England, 19th century
- Credit Line: Photography Discretionary Fund
- Collection: PH - British 19th Century
- Accession Number: 2019.55
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