Front view of Mr Brett's house at Hosur, near Bangalore. Photographer: Dixon, Henry
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Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the house known as The Castle, with a family group (the Bretts?) gathered on the verandah. For another view of the house and a note on the building, see print 2016a. Photograph shown at the Paris Exhibition of 1867.
St James's Church (Skinner's Church), Delhi. Photographer: Impey, Eugene Clutterbuck
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Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the church. Published as plate 18 of E.C. Impey, 'Delhi, Agra, and Rajpootana, illustrated by eighty photographs' (London, 1865). India Museum no. 148, received 12 June 1869.
Convocation Hall of the University, Bombay. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the newly-completed building, with traces of building work still visible in the foreground. India Museum no. 1631.
The Opthalmic Hospital, Bombay. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the rather church-like building, constructed in rubble masonry and with a corrugated-iron roof. Built by Sir Cowasji Jehangir. India Museum no. 1632.
Arched city gateway, Gaya. Photographer: Peppé, Thomas Fraser
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Genre: Architectural Photography 'Over one of the gateways of the town there is a fine arch. This was the limits of the city as originally enclosed. It has, however, extended very considerably to the north since then.' (descriptive notes by T.F. Peppé accompanying photographs, India pub. proc.,...
The Dutch tombs at Surat. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
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Genre: Architectural Photography General view of a group of tombs. The massive mausoleum on the left is that of Adriaan van Reede (d. 1691), chief of the Dutch factory and author of 'Hortus Malabaricus'. It was the celebrated magnificence of these tombs which had inspired the architect Sir John...
Tank and European houses, Calcutta. Photographer: Leitner, Gottlieb Wilhelm
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Genre: Architectural Photography View looking across a small tank towards European mansions in an unidentified part of Calcutta. India Museum no. 1506. Annotated 'From Dr Leitner's negatives, 1/7/73.'
European garden and house, Calcutta. Photographer: Leitner, Gottlieb Wilhelm
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Genre: Architectural Photography View looking across one garden towards a neighbouring European house, in an undientified part of Calcutta. India Museum no. 1507. Annotated 'From Dr Leitner's negatives, 1/7/73.'