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Collection Area Visual Arts Language Not applicable Subject Botanical Gardens

1. Neg 719

Reference (shelfmark):
Neg 719
Title:
Views in the Botanical Gardens, Calcutta. Photographer(s): Unknown
Scope & Content:
Collection of original glass negatives, with modern prints at Photo 719. The negatives are uncaptioned, but all show views in the Botanical Gardens at Calcutta. According to the xerox copy of the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew register, the negatives were presented to Kew by Sir David Prain (Direc...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870-1878
Extent:
19 items

2. Photo 11(21)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(21)
Title:
The Botanical Gardens, Ootacamund, from the Lambsknowe. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Photograph of the view looking down onto the botanical gardens and bandstand at Ootacamund, Tamil Nadu, taken by Samuel Bourne in 1869.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 247/1(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 247/1(16)
Title:
Scenery at the Botanical Gardens, Calcutta. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed in the negative 'F. Fiebig.' Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View in the Botanical Gardens, with an open-sided, thatched planting house at the right.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1851-1852
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 247/1(18)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 247/1(18)
Title:
Pic-nic pavilion at the botanical garden, Calcutta. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed in the negative 'F. Fiebig.' Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards the thatched building in the gardens.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1851-1852
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 247/1(24)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 247/1(24)
Title:
Scenery at the botanical gardens, Calcutta. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed in the negative 'F. Fiebig' (signature cropped). Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View in the Botanical Gardens, with Indian figures grouped in front of a tree in the foreground.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1851-1852
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 247/1(42)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 247/1(42)
Title:
The great banian tree at the botanical garden, Calcutta. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Panoramic view composed of two prints, looking towards the great banian tree, with a group of Indian figures posed in the foreground.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1851-1852
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 247/3(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 247/3(16)
Title:
General [sic, for Colonel] Kyd's Monument in the Botanical Garden, Calcutta. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking along the pathway towards the domed memorial pavilion, with two Indian figures posed in the foreground. Robert Kyd (1746-1793) was the founder of the Calcutta Botanical Gardens. The memorial was erected in 1795 on a site selected by his successor, W...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1851-1852
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 247/3(34)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 247/3(34)
Title:
Superintendent's residence in the Botanical Gardens, Calcutta. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
Scope & Content:
View looking across the lawn towards the three-storey house, with a curved frontage overlooking the river, originally occupied by the botanist William Roxburgh, who was appointed Superintendent of the Botanical Gardens in 1793.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1851-1852
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 247/3(35)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 247/3(35)
Title:
Dwelling of gardener, Botanical Garden, Calcutta. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking across the lawn towards the verandahed bungalow of the gardener in the Botanical Gardens.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1851-1852
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 248(31)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 248(31)
Title:
Botanical Garden, Madras. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of a thatched bungalow in the botanical gardens, with workers posed in the foreground in the act of tending plants.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1852
Extent:
1 item