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Foster 802
- Record Id:
- 032-003264690
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003264690
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181445.0x000473
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Foster 802
- Title:
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Medical College Hospital, Calcutta. Colonnaded building with pediment and flight of steps. Artist(s): Varley, John, the younger (1850-1933)
- Scope & Content:
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Medical College Hospital, Calcutta. Painted 1884
Colonnaded building with pediment and flight of steps. A crowd of Indians with camels in the foreground; carts to the right.
Inscribed: ‘John Varley '84’
30 by 48 ins (76 by 122 cms)
Presented by the Indian Institute, June 1962
The foundations of the building were laid in 1848 and the hospital was opened by Lord Dalhousie in December 1852. The building was designed by and erected by Burn & Co.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Oil Paintings
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003264690
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003264690
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- British school
European school - Start Date:
- 1884
- End Date:
- 1884
- Date Range:
- 1884
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: oil paint; canvas
- Finding Aids:
- Mildred Archer, The India Office collection of paintings and sculpture (London, 1986), 76
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Varley, John, the younger, 1850-1933
- Subjects:
- Architecture
Hospitals - Places:
- Calcutta, West Bengal, India