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WD4042
- Record Id:
- 040-003287831
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003287798
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028184975.0x00003c
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143420570.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WD4042
- Title:
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St Peter’s Church, Fort William, Calcutta. Artist(s): Prinsep, William (1794-1874)
- Scope & Content:
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St Peter’s Church, Fort William.
Inscribed on original mount: ‘New Gothic Church in the Centre of Fort William, built by Capt Hutchinson-viewed from the flatstaff Bastion. Tumbrils & gun carriages laid out for inspection Gov. General’s house in case of siege. Shot yard-ordnance’.
23 by 33.3 cm.
Purchased 1984.
Note: The foundation stone of the perpendicular style church was laid in 1822. It opened for worship in 1825, was consecrated in 1828 and completed in 1835.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003287798
040-003287831 - Is part of:
- PRINSEP, WILLIAM (1794-1874) : PRINSEP, WILLIAM (1794-1874) William Prinsep came of a family which served in India for several generations. Its…
WD4042 : St Peter’s Church, Fort William, Calcutta. Artist(s): Prinsep, William (1794-1874) - Hierarchy:
- 032-003287798[0033]/040-003287831
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: PRINSEP, WILLIAM (1794-1874)
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143420570.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- British school
European school - Start Date:
- 1830
- End Date:
- 1839
- Date Range:
- c 1830s
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: pencil; pen-and-ink
- Finding Aids:
- Patricia Kattenhorn, British drawings in the India Office Library (London, 1969) Volume III, 266
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Prinsep, William, 1794-1874
- Subjects:
- Architecture
Churches
Forts - Places:
- Calcutta, West Bengal, India