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51. Photo 247/1(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 247/1(1)
Title:
St Paul's Cathedral, Calcutta. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed in the negative 'F. Fiebig.' Genre: Architectural Photography General view of St Paul's Cathedral from the roadway to the south-east.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1851-1852
Extent:
1 item

52. Photo 247/1(29)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 247/1(29)
Title:
Dwelling of a Mogul merchant, Chinsurah [sic, for Imambara at Chinsura]. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed in the negative 'F. Fiebig' (signature cropped). View in the courtyard of the building, which is in fact the imambara at Chinsura, with figures posed for the photographer. The most prominent of these stands beneath a ceremonial umbrella held by an attendant. For another view...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1851-1852
Extent:
1 item

53. Photo 247/1(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 247/1(8)
Title:
Dwelling of a native gentleman near Calcutta. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'F. Fiebig' in the negative. Genre: Architectural Photography View looking northwards across the tank towards two small temples with Bengali style roofs on the far side. Between and behind these shrines is a two-storey mansion in classical European style, with a central sem...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1851-1852
Extent:
1 item

54. Photo 247/1(43)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 247/1(43)
Title:
Burning of the dead on the banks of the Hooghly (near Barrackpore). Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed in the negative 'F. Fiebig' (signature cropped). Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the riverbank towards a small group seated beside a funeral pyre.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1851-1852
Extent:
1 item

55. Photo 247/1(52)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 247/1(52)
Title:
Ghaut and temples on the banks of the Hooghly [Calcutta]. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
Scope & Content:
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.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 item

56. Photo 247/1(20)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 247/1(20)
Title:
The fever hospital with bamboo scaffolding (when building), Calcutta. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
Scope & Content:
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.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1851-1852
Extent:
1 item

57. Photo 247/1(45)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 247/1(45)
Title:
A European gentleman's private residence near the Hooghly (Garden Reach), Calcutta. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
Scope & Content:
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.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1851-1852
Extent:
1 item

58. Photo 247/1(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 247/1(2)
Title:
Government House, Calcutta (under repair at the time of taking this view). Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the south facade of Government House from Government Place, looking north-west, with Indian figures and a hack gharry posed in the foreground.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1851-1852
Extent:
1 item