'View from the Ochterlony Monument', Calcutta, 1865
Photograph by Samuel Bourne (1834-1912), India, Bengal, 1865.
This view forms a section of Bourne's seven-part panorama of Calcutta which was taken from the Ochterlony Monument. During the Raj, Calcutta's handsome civc and administrative buildings earned the city the title of 'City of Palaces'.
From an album of 95 photographs including views of Calcutta taken by Bourne, 1865-1870 (c).
NAM Accession Number
NAM. 1965-05-90-37
Copyright/Ownership
National Army Museum, Out of Copyright
Location
National Army Museum, Study collection
Object URL
https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1965-05-90-37
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