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Subject Chotulal's Ghat (Calcutta)

1. Photo 406/2(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 406/2(19)
Title:
Calcutta. The River Hooghly. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking down onto the river from a building near the Howrah Bridge. At the extreme left is part of Chotulal's Ghat with Mullick's Ghat (the cast-iron structure) a little further north. See also print 22. Print unsigned, but probably by Johnston & Hoffmann. ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 406/2(22)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 406/2(22)
Title:
Calcutta. Bathing ghat on the Hooghly. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View from the Howrah Bridge, looking towards Chotulal's Ghat, which stood on the east bank of the Hugli immediately to the north of the Howrah Bridge. The ghat is a subsantial structure in European classical style, topped by a drum. The date of construction is u...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 792(2834)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 792(2834)
Title:
Chotulal's Ghat, Calcutta. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann
Scope & Content:
View from the Howrah Bridge, looking down onto the Ghat. The ghat, which stood immediately north of the bridge on the east bank of the Hugli, is built in a florid classical style, topped by a central drum. It was later demolished, although it was still standing in about 1946 (see Photo 934 (3))....
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1910
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 934(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 934(3)
Title:
[Aerial view of Calcutta from the Howrah Bridge, looking south.] Photographer: Waddell, Clyde
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography 'Aerial view of Calcutta downtown. In the upper left background is Hindusthan Building, U.S. Army HQ. The oldest part of the city starts at the Esplanade and extends upwards. The city was founded in the early 1700s [sic].' View looking south over the city, with the ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1946
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 1081/1(47)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1081/1(47)
Title:
Chootee Lall's Bathing Ghat, Calcutta. Photographer: Stretton, William George
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed in the negative, '92/12 Stretton.' Genre: Architectural Photography View of the river frontage of the ghat, built in an ornate European classical style, near the Howrah Bridge. For other views of this ghat, see Photo 406/2(19 and 22), Photo 792 (2834) and Photo 934 (3).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1875
Extent:
1 item

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