Samuel Bourne
(Samuel Bourne: Avenue of the Poplars at Srinagar (Srinagar, India))
Samuel Bourne (England, 1834–1912)
Avenue of the Poplars at Srinagar (Srinagar, India). 1869
Albumen print
9 1/2 x 11 3/4 in. image size
Henry Art Gallery, Joseph and Elaine Monsen Photography Collection, gift of Joseph and Elaine Monsen and The Boeing Company, 97.28
British photographer Samuel Bourne was interested in visiting foreign places and capturing picturesque images of the unfamiliar. In 1863 Bourne traveled to British-controlled India. In this albumen print, his subject is a neat phalanx of trees retreating in orderly fashion toward a vanishing point. A Victorian appreciation of orderly spatial relationships is manifested in Bourne’s rational approach to composition.