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Photo 247/4

Record Id:

040-003057935

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003057759

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100025702187.0x000dd0

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Photo 247/4

Title:

Fiebig Collection: Views of Calcutta and surrounding districts. Photographer(s): Fiebig, Frederick

Scope & Content:

Collection of 63 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 and nearby locations, including Hugli, Chinsura, Serampore, Barrackpore and a number of scenes at unidentified locations on the River Hugli. The complete collection of Fiebig's Calcutta views comprises Photo 247/1-4. See Photo 247/1 for a note on the collection as a whole, which comprises Photo 247-251.

Photo 247/4(57) is mounted and stored separately in Box 676 on Shelf 92C.

Collection Area:

Visual Arts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003057759
040-003057935

Is part of:

Photo 247 : Fiebig Collection: Views of Calcutta and surrounding districts. Photographer(s): Fiebig, Frederick

Photo 247/4 : Fiebig Collection: Views of Calcutta and surrounding districts. Photographer(s): Fiebig, Frederick

Contains:

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Hierarchy:

032-003057759[0004]/040-003057935

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 247

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

63 items

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Not applicable

Scripts:

Not applicable

Techniques:

Hand-Coloured Salted Paper Print
Hand-coloured Salted Paper Print From Calotype Negative
Photograph
Photographic Print
Salted Paper Print
Silver Printing-Out Paper Print

Start Date:

1850

End Date:

1852

Date Range:

c 1851-1852

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Dimensions: 138 mm x 226 mm to 176 mm x 224 mm

Source of Acquisition:

Purchase, 1856: Purchased from the photographer by East India Company, 1856.

Material Type:

Photographs

Legal Status:

Not Known

Names:

Fiebig, Frederick, photographer, fl 1840-1859

Places:

Hugli, River, Hooghly, River, Calcutta (Kolkata), West Bengal, India, Asia