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101. Photo 247/2(41)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 247/2(41)
Title:
Cemetry [sic] (Circular Road), Calcutta. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography General view in the (Lower) Circular Road Cemetery, looking towards the MacNaghten mausoleum in the distance (see Photo 247/1 (15)). With Indian figures posed among the headstones in the foreground.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1851-1852
Extent:
1 item

102. Photo 247/2(47)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 247/2(47)
Title:
Dwelling of a Baboo, Calcutta. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'F. Fiebig' (signature cropped) in the negative. Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View from the riverbank, looking towards a substantial house, with smaller thatched huts in the foreground.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1851-1852
Extent:
1 item

103. Photo 247/3(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 247/3(8)
Title:
Mosque near Kidderpore, Calcutta. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking across the grassed courtyard towards the small mosque, possibly the building marked on contemporary maps as standing at the southern end of Coolie Bazar Gate near the south-west corner of the racecourse.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1851-1852
Extent:
1 item

104. Photo 247/3(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 247/3(9)
Title:
Bazaar, Circular Road, Calcutta. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View of a junction on Circular Road, with Indian shops in the foreground.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1851-1852
Extent:
1 item

105. Photo 247/3(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 247/3(10)
Title:
Fire signal tower, Calcutta. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking along the roadway towards a flimsy wooden tower used for firewatching. For a sketch by Colesworthy Grant of a similar fire tower, see his 'Anglo-Indian domestic life' (Calcutta, 2nd edition, 1862), p. 10: 'Fires, however, we certainly have in ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1851-1852
Extent:
1 item

106. Photo 247/3(40)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 247/3(40)
Title:
Scenery on the Hooghly [Calcutta]. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the Hugli riverbank towards trees, whose roots are exposed from the action of the river.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1851-1852
Extent:
1 item

107. Photo 247/4(24)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 247/4(24)
Title:
Compound of traveller's bungalow. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking across the compound, with Indian figures posed in the foreground, towards an unidentified pyramidal monument in front of the bungalow on the right.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1851-1852
Extent:
1 item

108. Photo 247/4(32)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 247/4(32)
Title:
Aviary in Barrackpore Park. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards the aviary buildings, with numerous Indian figures at work in the garden area in the foreground.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1851-1852
Extent:
1 item

109. Photo 247/4(59)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 247/4(59)
Title:
Scenery near the Hooghly. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking towards a large thatched bungalow, with open ground in the foreground. The conical structure on the right is possibly a small brick-making kiln.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1851-1852
Extent:
1 item

110. Photo 247/4(60)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 247/4(60)
Title:
Scenery near the Hooghly. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View from a riverside ghat, looking up towards a large thatched building, with a sign in front reading 'Bodry's.' The only Bodry listed in the commercial almanacs for the period is the hotelier and chophouse keeper, J. Bodry, although this building has more the ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1851-1852
Extent:
1 item