View of the Esplanade (also known as Maidan) showing temporary military camps, the Dhurrumtollah Tank, Esplanade Row (now Lenin Sarani) and administration buildings, Calcutta, India

People:

Samuel Bourne (photographer)

Title:

View of the Esplanade (also known as Maidan) showing temporary military camps, the Dhurrumtollah Tank, Esplanade Row (now Lenin Sarani) and administration buildings, Calcutta, India

Date:

between 1867 and 1868

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Albumen print

Dimensions:

comp.: 17.1 x 31.2 cm secondary support: 33.9 x 43.3 cm

Reference number:

PH1979:0448:004

Point of View:

aerial view
exterior view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Panorama PH1979:0448:001-007 consists of seven photographs attached to each other with PH1979:0448:004 affixed to a cardboard secondary support.

Inscription:

inscribed and numbered - by the photographer ?, in pen and black ink, scratched in the negative, l.l.: "Bourne 1718"

Location:

Calcutta; West Bengal; India;

Subject:

architecture
landscape architecture
engineering
military
topographic

Subject Descriptive Terms:

railings
water tank
streets
military camps
administration buildings
promenade (walkway)

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

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