Entrance to Ballygunge Calcutta ( Kolkata ) - Mid 19th Century

Photographer: Francis Frith

Date: Between 1850s to 1870s

Whole-plate albumen print from wet collodion glass negative

Native Huts & Palms Calcutta ( Kolkata ) - Mid 19th Century

Photographer: Francis Frith

Date: Between 1850s to 1870s

Whole-plate albumen print from wet collodion glass negative

Hooghly River Third View Calcutta ( Kolkata) - Mid 19th Century

Photographer: Francis Frith

Date: Between 1850s to 1870s

Whole-plate albumen print from wet collodion glass negative

Hooghly River Second View Calcutta ( Kolkata) - Mid 19th Century

Photographer: Francis Frith

Date: Between 1850s to 1870s

Whole-plate albumen print from wet collodion glass negative

Hooghly River Calcutta ( Kolkata) - Mid 19th Century

Photographer: Francis Frith

Date: Between 1850s to 1870s

Whole-plate albumen print from wet collodion glass negative

Introducing Old Indian Arts

I have started a new blog about vintage old Indian arts. I will post various paintings, sculptures and illustrations of great masters of Indian origin. Also I will post paintings and illustrations of western and non Indian artists where subject is India related.

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Botanical Gardens Great Banian Tree Second View - Howrah - Mid 19th Century

Photographer: Francis Frith

Date: Between 1850s to 1870s

Whole-plate albumen print from wet collodion glass negative

Eden Gardens Calcutta ( Kolkata ) Fifth View - Mid 19th Century

Photographer: Francis Frith

Date: Between 1850s to 1870s

Whole-plate albumen print from wet collodion glass negative

Eden Gardens Calcutta ( Kolkata ) Fourth View - Mid 19th Century

Photographer: Francis Frith

Date: Between 1850s to 1870s

Whole-plate albumen print from wet collodion glass negative

Eden Gardens Calcutta ( Kolkata ) Third View - Mid 19th Century

Photographer: Francis Frith

Date: Between 1850s to 1870s

Whole-plate albumen print from wet collodion glass negative

Eden Gardens Calcutta ( Kolkata ) Second View - Mid 19th Century

Photographer: Francis Frith

Date: Between 1850s to 1870s

Whole-plate albumen print from wet collodion glass negative

Lieut. Governors Palace Calcutta ( Kolkata ) - Mid 19th Century

Photographer: Francis Frith

Date: Between 1850s to 1870s

Whole-plate albumen print from wet collodion glass negative

La Martiniere Calcutta ( Kolkata ) - Mid 19th Century

Photographer: Francis Frith

Date: Between 1850s to 1870s

Whole-plate albumen print from wet collodion glass negative

Hindoo College Calcutta ( Kolkata ) - Mid 19th Century

Photographer: Francis Frith

Date: Between 1850s to 1870s

Whole-plate albumen print from wet collodion glass negative

St. John's Church Calcutta (Kolkata) - Mid 19th Century

Photographer: Francis Frith
Date: Between 1850s to 1870s
Whole-plate albumen print from wet collodion glass negative

St. Andrew's Church Calcutta (Kolkata) - Mid 19th Century

Photographer: Francis Frith
Date: Between 1850s to 1870s
Whole-plate albumen print from wet collodion glass negative

The Bishop's Palace Calcutta (Kolkata) - Mid 19th Century

Photographer: Francis Frith
Date: Between 1850s to 1870s
Whole-plate albumen print from wet collodion glass negative

St. Paul's Cathedral (Third View) - Calcutta (Kolkata) - Mid 19th Century

Photographer: Francis Frith
Date: Between 1850s to 1870s
Whole-plate albumen print from wet collodion glass negative

Statue of Sir James Outram Calcutta (Kolkata) - Mid 19th Century

Photographer: Francis Frith
Date: Between 1850s to 1870s
Whole-plate albumen print from wet collodion glass negative

Statue of Sir William Peel - Calcutta (Kolkata) - Mid 19th Century

Photographer: Francis Frith
Date: Between 1850s to 1870s
Whole-plate albumen print from wet collodion glass negative

Lord Hardinge Statue - Calcutta ( Kolkata ) - Mid 19th Century

Photographer: Francis Frith
Date: Between 1850s to 1870s
Whole-plate albumen print from wet collodion glass negative

General Post Office - Calcutta (Kolkata) - Mid 19th Century (Second View)

Photographer: Francis Frith
Date: Between 1850s to 1870s
Whole-plate albumen print from wet collodion glass negative

General Post Office - Calcutta (Kolkata) - Mid 19th Century

Photographer: Francis Frith
Date: Between 1850s to 1870s
Whole-plate albumen print from wet collodion glass negative

High Court of Calcutta (Kolkata) - Mid 19th Century (Third View)

Photographer: Francis Frith
Date: Between 1850s to 1870s
Whole-plate albumen print from wet collodion glass negative

High Court of Calcutta (Kolkata) - Mid 19th Century (Second View)

Photographer: Francis Frith
Date: Between 1850s to 1870s
Whole-plate albumen print from wet collodion glass negative

The Ochterlony Monument Calcutta (Kolkata) - Mid 19th Century

Photographer: Francis Frith
Date: Between 1850s to 1870s
Whole-plate albumen print from wet collodion glass negative

Calcutta (Kolkata) Cityscape - Mid 19th Century

Photographer: Francis Frith
Date: Between 1850s to 1870s
Whole-plate albumen print from wet collodion glass negative

Calcutta (Kolkata) Government House - Mid 19th Century

Photographer: Francis Frith
Date: Between 1850s to 1870s
Whole-plate albumen print from wet collodion glass negative

The Strand Calcutta (Kolkata) - Mid 19th Century

Photographer: Francis Frith
Date: Between 1850s to 1870s
Whole-plate albumen print from wet collodion glass negative

Dalhouse Square Calcutta (Kolkata) - Mid 19th Century

Photographer: Francis Frith
Date: Between 1850s to 1870s
Whole-plate albumen print from wet collodion glass negative

Great Eastern Hotel Calcutta (Kolkata) - Mid 19th Century

Photographer: Francis Frith
Date: Between 1850s to 1870s
Whole-plate albumen print from wet collodion glass negative

Council House Street Calcutta (Kolkata) - Mid 19th Century

Photographer: Francis Frith
Date: Between 1850s to 1870s
Whole-plate albumen print from wet collodion glass negative

Chowringhee Road Calcutta (Kolkata) - Mid 19th Century

Photographer: Francis Frith
Date: Between 1850s to 1870s
Whole-plate albumen print from wet collodion glass negative

Government House Calcutta (Kolkata) from the Ochterlony Monument - Mid 19th Century

Photographer: Francis Frith
Date: Between 1850s to 1870s
Whole-plate albumen print from wet collodion glass negative

Calcutta (Kolkata) from the Ochterlony Monument - Mid 19th Century

Photographer: Francis Frith
Date: Between 1850s to 1870s
Whole-plate albumen print from wet collodion glass negative

Eden Gardens Pagoda Calcutta (Kolkata) - Mid 19th Century

Photographer: Francis Frith
Date: Between 1850s to 1870s
Whole-plate albumen print from wet collodion glass negative

Statue of Sir W. Cavendish Bentinck. Calcutta (Kolkata) - Mid 19th Century

Photographer: Francis Frith

Date: Between 1850s to 1870s
Whole-plate albumen print from wet collodion glass negative

Sir Mir Mohammad Khan, Khan (ruling chief) of Kalat 1894

Photograph of Sir Mir Mohammad Khan, Khan of Kalat from the 'Wheeler Collection: Portraits of Indian Rulers,' was taken by Frederick Bremner c.1894. Kalat is located in Baluchistan and was established in the middle of the fifteenth century by the Mir Wari clan, an Arab family.

Source: British Library (bl.uk)

Sir Arjun Singh, Raja of Narsinghgarh 1900

Photograph of of Sir Arjun Singh (1887 - 1924), Raja of Narsinghgarh from the 'Wheeler Collection: Portraits of Indian Rulers,' taken by Herzog and Higgins c.1900. Born in 1887, Singh was appointed as Raja in 1897 at only ten years of age, gaining full ruling powers from the Government of India in 1909.

Muhammad Hamid-ullah Khan, Nawab of Bhopal 1900

Photo of Muhammad Hamid-ullah Khan, Nawab of Bhopal from the 'Wheeler Collection: Portraits of Indian Rulers,' was taken by an unknown photographer c.1900. Stephen Wheeler, the donor of the collection, was presumably related to J. Talboys Wheeler, organiser of the 1877 durbar and author of 'The History of the Imperial Assemblage at Delhi' (London, [1877]). Bhopal, located in Madhya Pradesh, was founded as a state in 1723 and ruled by the descendants of the Afghan Dost Muhammad Khan. Muhammad Hamid-ullah Khan (1894-1960), succeeded as Nawab of Bhopal in 1926.

Kesri Singh, Thakur of Piploda 1903

Photograph of Kesri Singh (1872 -1919), Thakur of Piploda from the 'Wheeler Collection: Portraits of Indian Rulers,' was taken by an unknown photographer in 1903. Stephen Wheeler, the donor of the collection, was presumably related to J. Talboys Wheeler, organiser of the 1877 durbar and author of 'The History of the Imperial Assemblage at Delhi' (London, [1877]).

Full-length standing portrait of Kesri Singh, Thakur of Piploda. Piploda, located in Rajasthan, was controlled by the Doria Rajputs and was founded by Shardul Singh in 1547. Kesri Singh, succeeded as chief of Piploda in 1887.

Source: British Library (bl.uk)

Sardar Singh, Maharaja of Jodhpur 1900

Photo of Sardar Singh, Maharaja of Jodhpur from the 'Wheeler Collection: Portraits of Indian Rulers,' was taken by Gobindram and Oodeyram c.1900. Stephen Wheeler, the donor of the collection, was presumably related to J. Talboys Wheeler, organiser of the 1877 durbar and author of 'The History of the Imperial Assemblage at Delhi' (London, [1877]).

Jodhpur, ruled by the descendants of the Rathor Rajputs, was founded c.1450. Sardar Singh (1880-1911) succeeded as Maharaja in 1895 at the age of fifteen. Sardar Singh's uncle, Maharaj Pratap Singh and a council of regency assisted him for the first three years until he reached eighteen. Sardar Singh visited Europe in 1901, and is known for his involvement in extending the railway from Jodhpur to Hyderabad.

Source: British Library (bl.uk)

Entrance to Golden Temple, Amritsar - 1870

This temple, built by Guru Arjan Dev in the late sixteenth century represents the spiritual centre of the Sikh faith and draws devout pilgrims from all over the world. Here they experience darshan, an auspicious vision of the temple deity, receive religious teachings of the original holy book, the Adi Granth and bathe in the purifying water. The tank has been known as the Amrit Sarovar or Pool of Nectar since the time of Ram Das, the fourth Sikh Guru.

Distant View of the Jami (Jama) Masjid, Delhi - 1865

A distant view of the Jami Masjid, Delhi, taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s. The Jami Masjid was the principal mosque of Shah Jahan's new capital city Shahjahanabad. This is the largest mosque in India, it was the last great architectural venture of Emperor Shah Jahan (r.1628-58), the most prolific builder of the Mughal dynasty. It took six years to build and functioned as a congregational mosque which could hold 250,000 people. Approached via broad flights of steps its three gateways lead into a huge courtyard with a central tank for ritual ablutions. The mosque is built of red sandstone with white marble. The main building is topped by three onion-shaped domes of white marble striated with thin strips of black marble, and is flanked by two minarets, 130 ft high.

Source: British Library