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‘Champaul Ghaut. Calcutta - July’. Pencil; 16 by 26 cm. Note: Seen from the river showing the engine house for raising water to clean the streets, and Colvin’s Ghat.
'Sir C. Grey’s, the Gardens near Calcutta'. Artist(s): James, Marianne Jane (b. 1805)
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‘Sir C. Grey’s, the Gardens near Calcutta’. Pencil; 13 by 23.5 cm. Note: Sir Charles Grey (d.1865), Chief Justice of Bengal 1825-32, friend of Bishop James from their time at Christ Church, Oxford. He had a house at Garden Reach opposite the Botanic Gardens.
'Mr Prinsep’s, Ishera on the Hooghly'. Artist(s): James, Marianne Jane (b. 1805)
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‘Mr Prinsep’s, Ishera on the Hooghly’. Water-colour with pen and ink; 17 by 27 cm. Note: Charles Prinsep, advocate at the Calcutta Bar. The Jameses spent a week with him in April 1828. See also William Prinsep’s view of the garden, WD4099.
'Cenotaph at Govt. House Barrackpore, with Serampore on the opposite bank'. Artist(s): James, Marianne Jane (b. 1805)
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‘Cenotaph at Govt. House Barrackpore’, with Serampore on the opposite bank. Water-colour; 12.5 by 20.5 cm. Note: Lord Minto’s Memorial Hall erected in 1813 to the fallen in the Mauritius and Java Campaigns (1810-11).
'A Bungalow in the Park, Barrackpore'. Artist(s): James, Marianne Jane (b. 1805)
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‘A Bungalow in the Park, Barrackpore’. Water-colour and pen and ink; 12.5 by 20.5 cm. Note: Barrackpore House was so small, that visitors were usually accommodated in bungalows in the park, see Victor Jacquemont’s description of his visit. Mrs. James writes of a visit made to Lord and Lady Am...
'The Church & Residence of a Rich Baboo. Chinsurah'. Artist(s): James, Marianne Jane (b. 1805)
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‘The Church & Residence of a Rich Baboo. Chinsurah’. Water-colour and pen and ink; 17 by 27 cm. Note: Chinsurah was reached on 25 June. The church was built by Governor Vernet in 1767. The house is, in fact, Hooghly College, once owned by General Perron.
