Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking across the rooftops of Calcutta, with India huts and European mansions in the foreground, towards a church spire on the skyline. This is possibly the Free Church of Scotland on Wellesley Street.
La Martinière, Calcutta. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
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Genre: Architectural Photography A slightly distant view of the main façade of the Martinière school in Calcutta, looking over the roofs of a settlement of Indian huts in the foreground.
Residence of the Superintendent of the P.O.S.N. Comp., Calcutta. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
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Genre: Architectural Photography View looking across the garden, towards the substantial classical mansion occupied by the superintendent of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company in Calcutta.
New Fever Hospital, Calcutta. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
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Genre: Urban Topographical Photography A general view from the north, somewhat distant, of the Fever or General Medical Hospital, nearly complete, but still swathed in scaffolding. See also Photo 247/1 (20).
Superintendent's residence in the Botanical Gardens, Calcutta. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
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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.
Catholic Church, Bandel. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
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Genre: Architectural Photography View of the south façade of the convent Church of Our Lady of the Rosary, in the Portuguese settlement at Bandel, on the Hugli north of Calcutta. To the right of the building stands a flagstaff made from a ship's mast and said (according to D. G. Crawford, 'Brie...
Bandel [Bandel Convent]. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
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Genre: Architectural Photography View from the east (ie, from the bank of the Hugli), looking towards the convent buildings, with the church (see Photo 247/3 (37)) beyond. For a similar view, taken in the early years of this century, see H. Hosten, 'A week at the Bandel convent, Hugli' ('Bengal...