Golden Temple of Amritsar, Punjab - c1860's

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Typical Hand-Coloured Picturs of Indian Natives - 1902

Typical Picturs of Indian Natives

Being reproductions from specially prepared hand-coloured photographs

with descriptive letterpress

by F.M.Coleman, Managing Partner, Times of India 1902

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Arab

Bombay Servants

Brahman

Hindoo Natch Girls

Melon Seller

Mohamedan

Mohamedan Natch Girl

Postman

Snake Charmer

Wasudev Beggar

Bania

Bengali

Bhisti or Water Carrier

Brahman Lady

Cabuli

Frontispiece

Jewish Priest

Madras Natch Party

Marwari

Parsee Lady

Parsee School Girl

Parsee

Persian

Sinhalese

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Elephants of the Indian Viceroy - 1860's

Photographer: Samuel Bourne

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Shiv Temples at Dakshineswar Kali Temple - Albumen Photograph Calcutta (Kolkata) 1880's

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Statue of Lord Hardinge and Ochterlony Monument - Calcutta (Kolkata) 1860's

A view looking across the Maidan towards Chowringhee Road, with J.H. Foley's equestrian statue of Viscount Hardinge of Lahore, Governor-General of India from 1844-1848, in the foreground. The monument to Sir David Ochterlony, the victor of the Anglo-Nepalese War of 1814-1816, now renamed the Shahid Minar, a monument to Indian martyrs, is beyond.

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Government House with the Eastern Gateway - Calcutta (Kolkata) 1860's

Photographer: Samuel Bourne

Government House, designed by Captain Charles Wyatt and built between 1799-1802, was the residence for the British Governors-General till 1911. The neo-classical architectural style was based on Robert Adam's design of the Derbyshire's Kedleston Hall which was completed in 1770. "The entrances, enriched with four monumental neo-classical gateways, crowned with sphinxes and lions, set the fashion for British governement houses and residencies thoughout India."

Source: British Library