View of Calcutta from the godowns of Fairly Place. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
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Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking south-east over the rooftops from Fairlie Place. The northern façade of Writers' Buildings can be seen on the right, with the spire of St Andrew's Church beyond.
Mosque near Calcutta (Ballygunge) [Shahbani Begum Mosque]. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
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Inscription: Signed in the negative 'F. Fiebig.' Genre: Architectural Photography View of the Shahbani Begum Mosque, with tank in foreground. (Compare modern photograph in 'Changing Vision, Lasting Images, Calcutta through 300 Years' (Marg, Bombay, 1990, p. 64). Built c. 1840.
Building for burning the dead, Calcutta. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
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Inscription: Signed in the negative 'F. Fiebig.' Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking towards a burning ghat on the Hugli, the roofline crowded with vultures. Possibly Burning Ghat (now Nimtala Cremation Ground), just north of Nimtollah Ghat.
Bamboo bazaar on the Hooghly [Calcutta]. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
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Genre: Landscape Photography View on the Hugli riverside, with lengths of bamboo laid out for sale on the bank and local craft moored in the background.
Hindoo temples on the Hooghly [Calcutta]. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
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Inscription: Signed 'F. Fiebig' in the negative. Genre: Architectural Photography View looking along the Hugli riverbank towards the Dakshineshvara Temple. While the building appears to be finished, scaffolding can still be seen around the base of the main building.
Enterior [sic] of Fort William (barracks), Calcutta. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
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Genre: Architectural Photography View looking across open ground towards the barracks in Fort William, with Indian figures posed in the foreground, among them a group of palanquin bearers.
Esplanade Row near the Tank, Calcutta. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
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Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking across the Dhurrumtollah Tank towards Ghulam Muhammad's Mosque (at the junction with Chowringhee Road) and commercial premises along Esplanade Row.
Tank Square and Custome [sic] House, Calcutta. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
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Genre: Urban Topographical Photography Looking along the west side of Tank (later Dalhousie) Square, with the Customs House on the left. A corner of Writers' Buildings is visible on the north side of the square. With Indian figures posed on the roadway in the foreground.