Bridge, Dahl Lake, Kashmir
1894
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1894
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Bridge, Dahl Lake, Kashmir is a 1894 photographic by J.W. Groves, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This black-and-white photo shows a quiet scene by a crumbling stone bridge. A few people stand near the water’s edge, some with covered objects. In the foreground, a woman sits on the ground, sorting items. The bridge arches over a narrow stream, with trees and hills in the background. The photo captures a moment of everyday life, blending nature and old architecture. The title tells us it’s from Kashmir in 1894, showing how people lived near the lake. Check out the Victoria and Albert Museum to see more photos like this.
An unmounted black-and-white photograph from 1894 depicts a three-arched brick bridge over a river in Kashmir, with people gathered along the bank and seated in a long boat topped with a reed roof.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Photographer J.W. Groves captured Kashmir in the 1890s, leaving behind glass-plate prints of landmarks like Nedou’s Hotel in Gulmarg and the post office entrance in Islamabad. His lens framed scenes where locals and…
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