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WD4381

Record Id:

032-003268330

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003268330

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100028181445.0x0012ab

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100143421602.0x000001

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

WD4381

Title:

View of the west end of St John's Church, Calcutta, showing houses fronting onto the churchyard and the Rohilla monument. Artist(s): Prinsep, Amelia Rebecca (1798-1860)

Scope & Content:

View of the west end of St. John's Church, Calcutta showing houses fronting onto the churchyard and the Rohilla monument, c.1830.

Inscribed: ‘Calcutta. From W. Prinsep by E.R. Prinsep’, and on the original mount: ‘William's House. Charles's House St John's Church’.

Water-colour; 18.7 by 26.6 cm.

Purchased 1994.

Note: William Prinsep notes in his memoirs that he moved to '.... 1 Gustin's Buildings, the house in the churchyard belonging to my wife's family', although it is unclear when this move took place. The first reference mentions early 1827 but a second suggests it was as a result of financial problems following the 1830 crash, when Palmer and Co. for whom William worked, went into receivership. Number 1, Garstin Buildings is the house next to the Rohilla monument. The building in the centre, described by Emily Prinsep as belonging to Charles, was the Judicial Department building and an entry in William's memoirs mentions 'Thoby's office and residence was within a few doors, and Charles removed his own office from the Chandpal Ghat house to the lower rooms of the same house, so that we were all near enough for very frequent meetings ....'. In 1830 Henry Thoby Prinseps was Secretary in the General and Foreign Departments and presumably had quarters in the building.

John Garstin, Surveyor-General of Bengal and Chief Engineer, after whom William's house was named, was also the architect of the Town Hall, Calcutta.

Collection Area:

Visual Arts

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Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003268330

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Hierarchy:

032-003268330

Container:

not applicable

Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 Item

Digitised Content:

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Styles:

British school
European school

Start Date:

1829

End Date:

1831

Date Range:

c 1830

Era:

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