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.
Coalsheds to the P.O.S.N. Comp., Calcutta. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
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Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View of a thatched house stacked with coal, on the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company wharves at Garden Reach.
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.
Landing place to the O.P.S.N. Comp., Calcutta. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
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Genre: Urban Topographical Photography Hand-coloured salt print. View of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company landing stage at Garden Reach, with coal sheds at left and vessels moored in the Hugli at the right.
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.
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.
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 near Hooghly College [Hooghly-Chinsurah]. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
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Genre: Architectural Photography View from the ghat on the Hugli riverside below the college, looking south along the river. A portion of the college buildings (now the Hooghly Mohosin College) overlooking the river can be seen on the right.
Fiebig Collection: Views of Calcutta and surrounding districts. Photographer(s): Fiebig, Frederick
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Collection of 61 loose hand-coloured salted paper prints from calotype negatives, mounted on card measuring 348 x 470 mm, with contemporary hand-written captions. The collection contains topographical and architectural views of Calcutta, Bandel, Chinsura, Chandernagore and other locations on the Hug...
Mosque, Calcutta. [Bhosri Mosque.] Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
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Genre: Architectural Photography View from street showing portion of the Bhosri Mosque, with an alleyway to right and Indian figures posed in the roadway in the foreground. The identification of this building as the Bhosri Mosque, near the Chitpore Road, comes from Pratapaditya Pal (ed), 'Changing v...