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Government House, Calcutta

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Date

ca. 1820

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Collection

Victoria & Albert Museum

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http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O17075

Description

This view shows Government House, Calcutta, as re-built in 1799-1803 for Marquess Wellesley, by Charles Wyatt of the Bengal Engineers. influenced by the designs by James Paine and Robert Adam for Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire, England. From a watercolour by James Baillie Fraser published in his 'Views of Calcutta and its Environs' London 1824-6.
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Descriptive Medium

Aquatint, with watercolour details

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All Rights Reserved

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©Victoria & Albert Museum, London

Location

Raj Bhavan, Kolkata, India

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Buildings & Architecture

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