Golden Temple in Amritsar, Samuel Bourne (attributed to), 1864

Title(s)

Golden Temple in Amritsar
Golden Temple or Harmandir Sahib in Amritsar, Punjab, India

Object type

• photograph

Object number

RP-F-F02458

Inscriptions / marks

• title: ‘Golden Temple. Umritsur.’
• number: ‘407.’
• inscription: ‘B&S Bourne (t)’
• number: ‘86’

Description

De Gouden Tempel in Amritsar, gelegen in de noordelijke Indiase deelstaat Punjab, is het belangrijkste heiligdom van het Sikhisme. De Sikh noemen de tempel Sri Harmandir Sahib Gurudwara. De tempel is gelegen in het Sarovarmeer. Punjab was het startpunt voor de expeditie van Bourne naar Kasmir in 1864.

Artist

• Samuel Bourne (attributed to)

Place

Amritsar

Dating

1864

Material

• cardboard
• paper

Technique

albumen print

Measurements

height 215 mm × width 290 mm
height 238 mm × width 318 mm

What

• temple, shrine ~ Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism
• exterior ~ representation of a building

Where

• Harmandir Sahib

Acquisition

transferred 1994

Copyright

Public domain