Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking across the rooftops of Calcutta, with India huts and European mansions in the foreground, towards a church spire on the skyline. This is possibly the Free Church of Scotland on Wellesley Street.
La Martinière, Calcutta. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
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Genre: Architectural Photography A slightly distant view of the main façade of the Martinière school in Calcutta, looking over the roofs of a settlement of Indian huts in the foreground.
New Fever Hospital, Calcutta. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
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Genre: Urban Topographical Photography A general view from the north, somewhat distant, of the Fever or General Medical Hospital, nearly complete, but still swathed in scaffolding. See also Photo 247/1 (20).
Catholic Church, Bandel. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
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Genre: Architectural Photography View of the south façade of the convent Church of Our Lady of the Rosary, in the Portuguese settlement at Bandel, on the Hugli north of Calcutta. To the right of the building stands a flagstaff made from a ship's mast and said (according to D. G. Crawford, 'Brie...
Madrassa [sic, for Hindu College], Calcutta. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
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Genre: Architectural Photography General view looking north-west along the southern facade of the Hindu College in College Square, showing the central ionic portico. The Hindu College was founded in 1817 and became the Presidency College in 1855. See 'Presidency College, Calcutta, Centenary Vol...
Hindoo [sic for Mahomedan] College, Calcutta. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
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Genre: Architectural Photography General view looking in a north-westerly direction along the southern façade of the Mahomedan College or Madrasa, on Wellesley Street, Calcutta, with the spire of the Free Church of Scotland visible in the background.
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.