The Bentinck Statue and Government House [Calcutta]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne 1699 in the negative. View looking east along Esplanade Row, with Richard Westmacott's statue of Sir William Bentinck in the foreground and the western entrance to Government House beyond.
The Town Hall [Calcutta]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne 1700 in the negative. View of the main (south) facade of the Town Hall, overlooking the Maidan; a classical building with a Doric prostyle portico of six columns, designed by Garstin in 1813.
The Cathedral from the east [Calcutta]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne 1702 in the negative. General view of St Paul's Cathedral from Chowringhee Road, here partially obscured by trees.
The Esplanade and Government House from Chowringhee [Calcutta]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne 1704 in the negative. View from the north end of Chowringhee Road beside the carriage stand, looking north-west across the Dhurrumtollah Tank towards the façades of houses along Esplanade Row, with Government House at the extreme left. The flat-fronted, v...
Government House [Calcutta], South Front. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne 1705 in the negative. General view of the Maidan-facing facade of Government House, with servants erecting a marquee or shamiana in the foreground.
Government House from the Garden [Calcutta]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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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...
Government House with the Eastern Gateway [Calcutta]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne 1707 in the negative. View from Esplanade Row and Government Place, looking towards Government House, with the east gate (an archway flanked by twin Doric columns and surmounted by a lion) in the foreground.
The Cathedral and Bishop's Palace [Calcutta]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne 1708 in the negative. View from the Maidan near the Lower Circular Road, looking north across the Birjee Tank towards St Paul's Cathedral on the left, with the Bishop's Palace (with hexastyle Ionic portico) on Chowringhee Road to the right.
The Cathedral [Calcutta]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne 1712 in the negative. General view from Chowringhee Road of the east and and north facades of St Paul's Cathedral.