Set of four prints from "VIEWS OF CALCUTTA"

a) William Wood
Cossitollah Road, Esplanade Road, Durrumtollah Road. Chowringhee Road
1833
Later hand-coloured lithograph on paper
10 x 15 in (25 x 38 cm)

"This lithograph is taken from plate 6 of William Wood's 'Views of Calcutta'. Esplanade Row becomes Dhurrumtollah Street at the crossroad with Chowringhee Road, itself a continuation of Cossitollah Road. The large building at the beginning of Chowringhee Road is the Oil Bazaar. Cossitollah Road was so named because it was originally the butcher's quarter and contained both Indian and European businesses. It marked the beginning of the Indian part of the city and was subsequently renamed Bentinck Street. Dhurrumtollah Street contained a bazaar and a tank." (Source: British Library Board)

b) William Wood
Esplanade Row. Right wing of Government House. Entrance to Government House
1833
Later hand-coloured lithograph on paper
9.5 x 15 in (24 x 38 cm)

"This lithograph is taken from plate 4 of William Wood's 'Views of Calcutta'. Marquess Wellesley was Governor General of India between 1798 and 1805. He was bold, expansionist and, as a contemporary account put it: "in no way sparing of the [East India] Company's cash." Indeed, Wellesley commissioned a new government house building without the company's consent. It was built to the designs of Captain Charles Wyatt of the Engineers. The four wings were constructed specifically to allow the free movement of air around the building. The Directors were extremely annoyed at the expense involved, and the fiasco was instrumental to Wellesley's return to England in 1805." (Source: British Library Board)

c) William Wood
Chowringhee Road
1833
Later hand-coloured lithograph on paper
9.5 x 15 in (24 x 38 cm)

"This lithograph is taken from plate 18 of William Wood's 'Views of Calcutta'. Chowringhee Road (now Jawaharlal Nehru Road) ran through the main European residential area of Calcutta. It was then the primary north-south road through the city, extending from Chitpore in the north to Chowringhee in the south, and running for two miles along the east side of Calcutta's Maidan (the green meadow in the heart of the city).

The name of the road possibly derives from the old Bengali village of Chorangey. The buildings along Chowringhee Road, together with those of Esplanade Row, framed the Esplanade and formed the backdrop to Fort William. Together, these created a grand vista that made a deep impression on visitors to Calcutta." (Source: British Library Board)

d) William Wood
Esplanade Row, Showing Treasury and entrance to Government House
1833
Later hand-coloured lithograph on paper
10 x 15 in (25 x 38 cm)

"This lithograph derives from plate 3 of William Wood's 'Views of Calcutta'. The Treasury on Council House Street was built by the Reverend Mr Johnson in 1780. Marquess Wellesley became Governor-General of Calcutta in 1798 and decided that the existing Government House was not a suitable building for his position and needs. Captain Charles Wyatt, the architect of the new Government House, based his designs for the building on Kedleston Hall in Derbyshire. Four large ceremonial gateways marked each end of the carriageways on the north and south facades. These were based on Adam's archways at Syon House in Middlesex. The lower storey of Government House has an arcade with Ionic columns; on the north side of this is a portico with a large staircase, under which carriages drove to the entrance; on the south side a circular colonnade with a dome." (Source: British Library Board)

(Set of four)

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