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Collection Area Visual Arts Language Not applicable Subject Government Houses

1. Add Or 3309

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3309
Title:
The North front of Government House, Calcutta, with the Marquess of Hastings leaving in a carriage
Scope & Content:
The North front of Government House, Calcutta, with the Marquess of Hastings leaving in a carriage, his bodyguard accompanying him. On the right a gateway of Government House with Fort William and its telegraph mast in the background; on the left another gateway and part of Chowringhee Road. B...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1820
Extent:
1 Item

2. Add Or 4151

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4151
Title:
A view of Government House and Esplanade Row, Calcutta, from the Maidan. Artist(s): Muhammad Amir, Shaikh, of Karraya (fl.1830s-40s)
Scope & Content:
A view of Government House and Esplanade Row, Calcutta, from the Maidan. By Shaikh Muhammad Amir of Karraya, c.1830. Inscribed in ink below, with numbers corresponding to those on the painting, from left to right: ‘Steam Engine for Water. Ships lying in the Hoogly R. 5 Supreme Court. 8 Advocat...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1830
Extent:
1 Item

3. Add Or 4880

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4880
Title:
Barrackpore House and Park. Artist(s): Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822)
Scope & Content:
Barrackpore House and Park. Inscribed below: ‘ View of Barrackpore Park, The Cenotaph and part of the Cantonments with the River Hooghly and Serampore in the distance.’ 455 by 690 mm. Note: So large as to need folding over at the edge.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1815
Extent:
1 Item

4. Foster 864

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 864
Title:
Barrackpore House from upriver, the view dominated by the flagtower, the semaphore tower and the circular pavilion, with, in the distance, Lord Minto’s Memorial Hall and Barrackpore House. Artist(s): Smith, Robert (1787-1873)
Scope & Content:
Barrackpore House from upriver, the view dominated by the flagtower, the semaphore tower and the circular pavilion, with, in the distance, Lord Minto’s Memorial Hall and Barrackpore House. The view shows the enlargements to Barrackpore House undertaken by Lord Moira in 1814-5, but not the rail...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1815-1819
Extent:
1 Item

5. P17

Reference (shelfmark):
P17
Title:
'A view of Government House from the eastward'. Coloured aquatint after J. B. Fraser. Plate 3 of Views of Calcutta, published Smith Elder & Co, London, 1824-26. Artist(s): Havell, Robert (1793-1878), after Fraser, James Baillie (1783-1856)
Scope & Content:
Exhibited: India Moderna, IVAM Institut Valencia d'Art Modern, 11 December 2008 - 15 February 2009. Published: 'India Moderna,' (Valencia:IVAM Institut Valencia d'Art Modern, 2008), p.32.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1824-1826
Extent:
1 Item

6. P55

Reference (shelfmark):
P55
Title:
'South view of the Council House and Government House Calcutta'. Drawn and engraved by W. Baillie. Twelve views of Calcutta, published Calcutta 1794. Facsimile reproduced from BL Map Library set. Pl. 3. Artist(s): Baillie, William (1752/3-1799)
Scope & Content:
'South view of the Council House and Government House Calcutta'. Drawn and engraved by W. Baillie. Twelve views of Calcutta, published Calcutta 1794. Facsimile reproduced from BL Map Library set. Pl. 3.. Artist(s): Baillie, William (1752/3-1799)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1794
Extent:
1 Item

7. P77

Reference (shelfmark):
P77
Title:
'The Government House in Calcutta.' Uncoloured lithograph by Frederick Fiebig, published Calcutta c.1847. Artist(s): Fiebig, Frederick (fl. 1840s)
Scope & Content:
Uncoloured lithograph of the Government House in Calcutta by Frederick Fiebig dated c.1847. When Marquis Wellesley became Governor-General of Calcutta in 1798, he decided that the existing Government House was not a suitable building for his position and needs. The architect of the new Governmen...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1847
Extent:
1 Item

8. P86

Reference (shelfmark):
P86
Title:
'Calcutta'. View up the Hooghly showing Government House and shipping. Lithograph, mid-19th cent.
Scope & Content:
Coloured lithograph of the Hooghly River showing the Government House and shipping at Calcutta by an unknown printmaker dated c. 1850. Calcutta was founded on the mud flats of Hooghly River, a tributary of the Ganges, by the English merchant Job Charnock in 1690. Ships at Calcutta transported In...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

9. P98/1

Reference (shelfmark):
P98/1
Title:
'Old Government House'. Drawn and engraved by Thomas Daniell. Views of Calcutta, published Calcutta1786-88, No. 11, 1788. Presented by Sir H.A. Kirk. Artist(s): Daniell, Thomas (1749-1840)
Scope & Content:
Coloured etching with aquatint of the old Government House in Calcutta by Thomas Daniell (1749-1840) from his 'Views of Calcutta' published in 1788. The old Government House was built in 1767. It was situated in Esplanade Row next to the new Council House. Although the old Government House did n...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1788
Extent:
1 Item

10. P98/2

Reference (shelfmark):
P98/2
Title:
'Old Government House'. Drawn and engraved by Thomas Daniell. Views of Calcutta, published Calcutta1786-88, No. 11, 1788. Artist(s): Daniell, Thomas (1749-1840)
Scope & Content:
'Old Government House'. Drawn and engraved by Thomas Daniell. Views of Calcutta, published Calcutta1786-88, No. 11, 1788.. Artist(s): Daniell, Thomas (1749-1840)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1788
Extent:
1 Item

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