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WD4130
- Record Id:
- 040-003280439
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003280434
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181659.0x002a62
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143420625.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WD4130
- Title:
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Front or North-east view of Government House, Calcutta. Artist(s): Amherst, Lady Sarah Elizabeth (1801-1876)
- Scope & Content:
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‘Front or N.E. view of Govt House, the great entrance and flight of steps; copied from a drawing by Edward Hale, taken from a small house opposite (marked in the plan) occupied sometimes by the Master of the Horse, one of the ADC’s being near the stables. The windows on the centre floor of the wing No.1 are Edward’s rooms, and those above are the appartments occupied by Dr and Mrs Abel. The centre floor of the wing No.2 is the Council Chamber, above it, bedrooms. All the windows have large venetian blinds in folding doors, which are not opened till sunset. In the foreground are some horses and syces, and a gig, to shew you the way in which a draught of air is contrived, when the top is up on account of the sun’.
17.7 by 24.8 cm.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003280434
040-003280439 - Is part of:
- WD3904, WD4129-4132 : AMHERST, Lady SARAH ELIZABETH (1801-76) Daughter of William Pitt Amherst, Earl Amherst of Aracan, Governor-General of India,…
WD4130 : Front or North-east view of Government House, Calcutta. Artist(s): Amherst, Lady Sarah Elizabeth (1801-1876) - Hierarchy:
- 032-003280434[0005]/040-003280439
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: WD3904, WD4129-4132
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143420625.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- British school
European school - Start Date:
- 1824
- End Date:
- 1824
- Date Range:
- 1824
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: pen; ink, sepia
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)