View of the interior of Fort William Calcutta looking east across the courtyard towards Chowringhee Gate and Chowringhee Road. The Regency gothic church of St Peter is on the left. To the right is the pedimented old Government House in the fort. Artist
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View of the interior of Fort William ‘c.’1828 looking east across the courtyard towards Chowringhee Gate and Chowringhee Road. The Regency gothic church of St. Peter, started in 1822 and consecrated in 1828, is on the left. To the right is the pedimented old Government House in the fort, the G...
View of the Pettah Gateway where Colonel Morehouse/Moorehouse fell.. Artist(s): Home, Robert (1752-1834)
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‘View of the Pettah Gateway where Colonel Morehouse/Moorehouse fell.’ 30 by 47.3 cm. Note: This view was used by Home for the background to his oil painting ‘The Death of Colonel Moorhouse’, now in the National Army Museum. The painting was commissioned by the Freemasons of Madras in 1794 in ...