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Collection Area Visual Arts Subject Gardens Place Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal, India, Asia

1. Photo 29(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 29(9)
Title:
Government House from the Garden [Calcutta]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne 1706 in the negative. Similar to print 8, but taken from a slightly more distant viewpoint, looking across the garden towards Government House, the building partially obscured by a palm in foreground. With two cows grazing on the lawn and the tent seen in...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1867
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 29(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 29(13)
Title:
View in the Eden Gardens [Calcutta]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne 1710 in the negative. View looking across the bridge and lake and towards the Burmese pagoda in the Eden Gardens.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1867
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 29(31)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 29(31)
Title:
Statue of Sir William Peel in the Eden Gardens [Calcutta]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne 1728 in the negative. Close view of Speed's statue of Sir William Peel VC (1824-1858), in naval uniform, on the south side of the Eden Gardens. Peel led the naval brigade during the Indian Mutiny.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1867
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 29(44)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 29(44)
Title:
Mr Doyne's House at Ballygunge [Calcutta]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne 1741 in the negative. General view from the garden looking towards the mansion, in classical style, of Mr Doyne. Richard V. Doyne is listed as a High Court Judge in Calcutta, as well as holding directorships in the Dooteriah Estate and Tea Co and the Beng...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1867
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 179(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 179(5)
Title:
The Burmese Pagoda, Eden Garden [Calcutta]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view looking across the ornamental lake in the Eden Gardens towards the Burmese pagoda or pyatthat. The letterpress caption label pasted to reverse records the inscription inside the pagoda: 'The above specimen of Burmese ornamental architecture was remo...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1872
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 179(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 179(6)
Title:
Band Stand, Eden Gardens [Calcutta]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards the circular stone plinth of the band stand, a circular stone plinth, with the central tower of the High Court visibile on the skyline beyond. With descriptive letterpress caption label pasted to reverse.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1872
Extent:
1 item

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. Photo 247/1(26)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 247/1(26)
Title:
Scenery on the Hooghly [Calcutta district]. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed in the negative 'F. Fiebig' (signature cropped). Genre: Landscape Photography View looking towards a flight of steps leading down from a wooded garden to the a lower area, possibly the the riverside.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1851-1852
Extent:
1 item