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5111. Photo 430/89

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/89
Title:
Curzon Collection: Views of Government House, Calcutta, the model of the Holwell Monument and miscellaneous photographic copies of engravings of Calcutta. Photographer(s): Bourne and Shepherd
Scope & Content:
Collection of ten loose prints, probably collected by Lord Curzon for possible use as illustrations in his 'British Government in India' (2 vols, London, 1925). Prints 1-2 show Government House, Calcutta, prints 3-4 are of the model of the replica Holwell Monument caused to be erected by Curzon ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Early1900s
Extent:
6 items

5112. Photo 430/89(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/89(1)
Title:
[North front of Government House, Calcutta.] Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view from the north gate. [Silver printing-out paper, blind-stamped 'Bourne & Shepherd India', 288x197mm]. Subjects = British colonial architecture; Curzon Collection; European architecture in India; government houses
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

5113. Photo 430/89(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/89(2)
Title:
[South Gateway of Government House Calcutta, looking towards the Maidan and the statue of Sir John Lawrence.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View from inside the grounds of Government House, looking through the south gateway towards the Maidan, where the statue of Lord Lawrence stands. [Silver printing-out paper, 292x191mm]. Subjects = Curzon Collection; European sculpture; gateways; government ho...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

5114. Photo 430/89(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/89(3)
Title:
1st model [of the Holwell Monument, Calcutta]. Photographer: Harrington and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the wood and canvas model of the original Holwell Monument to those who died in the 'Black Hole of Calcutta', erected by Lord Curzon in 1902 on the original site at the north-west corner of Dalhousie Square (now BBD Bagh) in front of the Bengal S...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1901
Extent:
1 item

5115. Photo 430/89(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/89(4)
Title:
1st model [of the Holwell Monument, Calcutta]. Photographer: Harrington and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of the wood and canvas model from the south-west, with the Bengal Secretariat in the background. See note at print 3. For a view of the replica as finally erected, photographed from the same viewpoint, see Curzon's 'British Government in India' (2 vols, 192...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1901
Extent:
1 item

5116. Photo 430/89(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/89(5)
Title:
Model in teak of Old Fort William in Bengal (prior to 1757). Presented by the Government of India 19? Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of wooden model, seen from above. [150x74mm]. Subjects = Curzon Collection; forts; models
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900s
Extent:
1 item

5117. Photo 430/89(6-10)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/89(6-10)
Title:
[Miscellaneous photographic copies of engravings of Calcutta.] Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann
Scope & Content:
Including views of Fort William, Government House and the Council House.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900s
Extent:
1 item