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'Government House, Barrackpore, from the south', 1865

Photograph by Samuel Bourne (1834-1912), India, Bengal, 1865.

Government House, designed by Captain Thomas Anbury and located on the banks of the Hooghly river, opened in 1813. It was used as a country residence for the British Governor-Generals of Bengal. Barrackpore was located to the north of Calcutta. The house is now used as a police training school.

From an album of 95 photographs including views of Calcutta taken by Bourne, 1865-1870 (c).

NAM Accession Number

NAM. 1965-05-90-56

Copyright/Ownership

National Army Museum, Out of Copyright

Location

National Army Museum, Study collection

Object URL

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1965-05-90-56