Group of Afridis at Jamrūd, 1866 WDL11469

Charles Shepherd (''fl.'' 1858–1878) was an

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photographer and printer who worked in

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in the second half of the 19th century. His photographs include scenes of soldiers and civilians, both English and indigenous. Charles Shepherd and Arthur Robertson00

In 1862, Shepherd and Arthur Robertson established a

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called Shepherd & Robertson in

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. The firm moved to

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in 1864, at which point

Samuel Bourne Samuel Bourne (30 October 1834 – 24 April 1912) was a British photographer known for his prolific seven years' work in India, from 1863 to 1870. Together with Charles Shepherd, he set up Bourne & Shepherd first in Shimla in 1863 and later i ...

joined the business to work as principal photographer. At about this time, the firm changed its name to Howard, Shepherd & Bourne, and after the departure of Howard it became Bourne & Shepherd around 1868.Photographs of India. circa 1862 - circa 1872 - Samuel Bourne Biography

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Shepherd and Bourne opened a second branch in

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(now Kolkata), where they operated a portrait studio, and their work was widely retailed throughout the subcontinent by agents and in Britain through wholesale distributors. Bourne returned to England in 1870, but the firm continued under the Bourne & Shepherd name. He was replaced as head photographer in 1872 by

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. Shepherd, who had primarily worked as the printer for his firms, finally left Bourne & Shepherd in 1885. Bourne & Shepherd continues to operate in

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.Bourne & Shepherd, Esplanade , Kolkata, India - Image

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Photography bastion in a shambles
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,'' July 19, 2007.

Works

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, taken along with Robert Tytler, May 1858.

References

Union List of Artist Names, s.v. "Shepherd, Charles"
Accessed 4 December 2006. *Falconer, John (2001), ''India: pioneering photographers 1850-1900'', London:

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Bourne & Shepherd (floruit 1865-) - Catalogue of Images
'' National Portrait Gallery'' *Lenman, Robin (ed.) 2005 ''The Oxford Companion to the Photograph'' (Oxford: Oxford University Press) ncludes a short biography on Bourne & Shepherd.

External links

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