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Photo 29(7)
- Record Id:
- 040-003041583
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003041576
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100025648519.0x000050
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100144549317.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 29(7)
- Title:
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The Esplanade and Government House from Chowringhee [Calcutta]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
- Scope & Content:
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Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne 1704 in the negative.
View from the north end of Chowringhee Road beside the carriage stand, looking north-west across the Dhurrumtollah Tank towards the façades of houses along Esplanade Row, with Government House at the extreme left. The flat-fronted, verandahed building behind the premises of William Coish and Co is the Adjutant-General's offices. Among the commercial premises on Esplanade Row are Mountain's Hotel, Madame Nielly (French milliner), Payne and Co's Belatee Bungalow and Thomson and Co. With hack gharries in the roadway in the foreground.
Subjects = British colonial architecture; European architecture in India; government houses; hotels; shops
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003041576
040-003041583 - Is part of:
- Photo 29 : 'Views of Calcutta and Barackpore.' Photographer(s): Bourne, Samuel
Photo 29(7) : The Esplanade and Government House from Chowringhee [Calcutta]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel - Hierarchy:
- 032-003041576[0007]/040-003041583
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 29
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100144549317.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Techniques:
- Albumen Print
Photograph
Photographic Print
Silver Printing-Out Paper Print - Start Date:
- 1866
- End Date:
- 1868
- Date Range:
- c 1867
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Appointment Required to view these records. Please consult Asian and African Studies Print Room staff.
- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 190 mm x 314 mm
Format: Photograph Album
Secondary Support: Card
- Former External References:
- 1704
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Known