View of the Esplanade (also known as Maidan) and the Government House (now known as Raj Bhavan), Calcutta, India

People:

Samuel Bourne (photographer)
Charles Wyatt (architect)
Major General Cameron (role unspecified)
Edward Tiretta (role unspecified)
Lord Wellesley (role unspecified)

Title:

View of the Esplanade (also known as Maidan) and the Government House (now known as Raj Bhavan), Calcutta, India

Date:

between 1867 and 1868

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Albumen silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 22.0 x 29.0 cm secondary support: 27.8 x 47.0 cm

Reference number:

PH1981:0824

Point of View:

exterior view

Inscription:

inscribed and numbered - by the photographer ?, in pen and black ink, scratched in the negative, l.l.: "Bourne 1704 [?]" numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the secondary support, u.r.: "34[?] / 23" inscribed and numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the secondary support, verso, l.r.: "swann 284"

Location:

Calcutta; West Bengal; India;

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

trees
railings
promenades (walkways)
tents
administration buildings
sidewalk

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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