River View

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Bengal Pilot Service on River Hooghly, c 1850s

View of Calcutta from Hooghly River by William Hodges. c1789
View of Calcutta from Hooghly River, c1789

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Garden Reach, Calcutta, 1798

Chandpal Ghat by James Baillie Fraser - 1826
Chandpal Ghat, Calcutta, c1814

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Chandpal Ghat, Hooghly River, Calcutta, c1912

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Van den Brouck’s River Map: Golf De Bengale, 1660

Town and Port of Calcutta,1848.The tree in the centre conveniently divides the view into the Esplanade with its grand buildings, on the right, and the ships on the Hooghly river, on the left. The whole scene portrays the liveliness and prosperity of Calcutta at the time.  A coloured lithograph by Sir Charles D'Oyly.
Town and Port of Calcutta,1848

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Mutty Lall’s Bathing Ghat, 1840s


Calcutta River View, with Sailing Ships, 1880s


Calcutta River View, with Sailing Ships, 1890s

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Bathing Ghat Attached to Kali Temple, Kalighat, c1830

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View of Shipping from Hastings’ Bridge, 1860s

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Bathing of Horses in Calcutta Morning, 1869


Effects of the Cyclone at Calcutta, 1864


River Viewed from Esplanade

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Shipping in the Hooghly near Fort, Calcutta, 1850


The Hoogly River by Fort William, 1858


River Bank 1890 : View on the Hooghly

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Steam Ship at Chandpal Ghat, c1920

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