Photograph of Dakshineshwar temple from 'Views of Calcutta and Barrackpore' was taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s. The temple was built by Rani Rashmoni in 1855 and is dedicated to the goddess Kali. Within the temple complex there are twelve smaller temples devoted to Shiva.
This photograph of St. Paul's Cathedral from 'Views of Calcutta and Barrackpore' was taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s. Located on the south-east corner of the Maidan, St. Paul's Cathedral was designed by Major W. N. Forbes in an Indo-Gothic architectural style and built in 1839. Rev. Daniel Wilson, the Bishop of Calcutta was the major financial contributor towards the building of St. Paul's Cathedral.
Photograph, from an album of 62 views of India and Ceylon. It was reproduced in Montague Massey, 'Recollections of Calcutta for Over Half a Century' (Calcutta, 1918), and there credited to Johnston & Hoffmann. View from inside Fort William, looking across the buildings of the fort towards shipping moored on the Hooghly. The High Court can be seen on the skyline in the right background. Fort William was initially built in 1707 and in 1742 a defensive moat was dug to fortify it against threat of attack by the Marathas. In 1757 when Robert Clive retook Calcutta from the forces of Siraj-ud-Daulah, the Nawab of Bengal, a new Fort William was conceived and constructed within ten years. In the process, large swathes of jungle were cleared around the fort, an esplanade was created, and in the following decades the levelled ground provided ample space for the erecting of the glittering white colonial structures which impressed Calcutta's visitors and made it look a prosperous imperial city.
Photograph of St. John's Church from 'Views of Calcutta and Barrackpore' taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s. St. John's Church, located in northern Calcutta near the banks of the Hoogly river, was designed by Lieutenant James Agg and built in 1787. St. John's architectural model was based on St. Martin-in-the-Fields in London. The colonnaded verandas were later additions in 1811.
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