Interior of a native gentleman's dwelling, Chandernagore [incorrectly captioned for: Imambura at Chinsura]. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
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Genre: Architectural Photography View from courtyard, looking along the façade of the imambara at Chinsura. For another photograph of the same building, see Photo 247/1(29).
Ghaut and temples on the banks of the Hooghly [Calcutta]. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
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Genre: Architectural Photography View from the steps of the ghat seen in prints 36 and 51, looking back towards a row of temple shrines, with the ionic columns of the ghat in the foreground. This is possibly the Dakshineshvara Temple, completed in 1855.
The fever hospital with bamboo scaffolding (when building), Calcutta. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
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Inscription: Signed in the negative 'F. Fiebig.' Genre: Architectural Photography View of the porticoed façade of the Fever or General Medical Hospital on College Street, nearing completion, but still swathed in scaffolding. The hospital was opened in 1852.
Wharf of the O.P.S.N. Comp., Calcutta. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
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Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking towards the wharf area occupied by the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, with piles of coal in the foreground. The wharf itself is obscured by buildings in the foreground.
Superintendent's residence in the Botanical Gardens, Calcutta. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
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View looking across the lawn towards the three-storey house, with a curved frontage overlooking the river, originally occupied by the botanist William Roxburgh, who was appointed Superintendent of the Botanical Gardens in 1793.
The Hooghly from Cooley Bazaar, Calcutta. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
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Genre: Urban Topographical Photography Looking north along the Hugli from the riverbank at Cooley Bazaar (the area to the west of the racecourse), with sailing ships and local craft at their moorings. The Gwalior Monument and Fort William can be seen in the distance.
A European gentleman's private residence near the Hooghly (Garden Reach), Calcutta. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
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Genre: Architectural Photography General view looking across garden towards the two-storeyed house and the Hugli beyond, with domestic servants, including a bhisti, posed in the foreground.
Monument to the Marquis of Wellesley [sic. for Hastings], Calcutta. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
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Genre: Architectural Photography Showing the Greek Ionic portico at the south end of Tank (later Dalhousie) Square, containing Chantrey's statue of the Marquis of Hastings. This portico was later incorporated into the Dalhousie Institute.
Wharf leading to the P.O.S.N. Comp., Calcutta. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
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Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking towards the wharf area of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, with the masts of a sailing ship visible beyond the thatched buildings in the foreground.
Steam wharf to the P.O.S.N. Comp., Calcutta. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
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Genre: Industrial Photography View looking across an area strewn with metal boilers and other equipment, towards a sailing ship moored in the background. A sheerlegs is in operation at the quayside.