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WD1003-1005, WD1319-1320
- Record Id:
- 032-003280587
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003280587
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181659.0x002af6
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WD1003-1005, WD1319-1320
- Title:
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BEST, JAMES (fl. 1804) Assistant in the Drawing Office of the Chief Engineer, Major-General Cameron, Calcutta. --------------------- WD1003-1005; WD1 ...
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BEST, JAMES (fl. 1804)
Assistant in the Drawing Office of the Chief Engineer, Major-General Cameron, Calcutta.
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WD1003-1005; WD1319-1320
5 plans and elevations of the new Government House, Calcutta, made from the designs of Captain Charles Wyatt. c.1804.
Deposited 1804.
Note: These are probably the drawings taken to England by Wyatt in 1804 to show to the Directors of the East India Company.
Bibliography: G.N. Curzon, ‘British governtment in India’ (London, 1925), i; Mildred Archer, 'A Georgian palace in India', ‘Country Life,’ 9 April 1959, 754-56, reproducing WD1004, 1319 and 1320; J.P. Losty, ‘Calcutta City of Palaces’ (London, 1990), 71-4.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003280587", "parent" : "#", "text" : "WD1003-1005, WD1319-1320: BEST, JAMES (fl. 1804) Assistant in the Drawing Office of the Chief Engineer, Major-General Cameron, Calcutta.…" },{ "id" : "040-003280588", "parent" : "032-003280587", "text" : "WD1003: Plan of the basement storey of the New Government House, Calcutta.. Artist(s): Best, James (fl. 1804)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003280589", "parent" : "032-003280587", "text" : "WD1004: Plan of the principal storey of the New Government House, Calcutta.. Artist(s): Best, James (fl. 1804)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003280590", "parent" : "032-003280587", "text" : "WD1005: Plan of the attic storey of the New Government House, Calcutta.. Artist(s): Best, James (fl. 1804)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003280591", "parent" : "032-003280587", "text" : "WD1319: Elevation of the N.W. front of the New Government House, Calcutta.. Artist(s): Best, James (fl. 1804)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003280592", "parent" : "032-003280587", "text" : "WD1320: Elevation of the S.E. front of the New Government House, Calcutta.. Artist(s): Best, James (fl. 1804)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003280587
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Contains:
- WD1003 : Plan of the basement storey of the New Government House, Calcutta.. Artist(s): Best, James (fl. 1804)
WD1004 : Plan of the principal storey of the New Government House, Calcutta.. Artist(s): Best, James (fl. 1804)
WD1005 : Plan of the attic storey of the New Government House, Calcutta.. Artist(s): Best, James (fl. 1804)
WD1319 : Elevation of the N.W. front of the New Government House, Calcutta.. Artist(s): Best, James (fl. 1804)
WD1320 : Elevation of the S.E. front of the New Government House, Calcutta.. Artist(s): Best, James (fl. 1804)
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 5 items
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Start Date:
- 1803
- End Date:
- 1805
- Date Range:
- 1803-1805
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Best, James, fl 1804