Publisher’s Note
Acknowledgements
Note on the Plates
Map: Plan of Calcutta, engraved by M.W. Woollaston, 1825
Introduction: The Work and Its Moment – Vikas Arya
Plates
1. A View of Chandpal Ghat.
2. A View of Esplanade Row, from the Chouringhee Road.
3. A View of Government House, from the Eastward.
4. A View of the Botanic Garden House and Reach.
5. A View of Esplanade Row, from the Reservoir at Chandpal Ghat.
6. A View of Writers Buildings, from the Monument at the West End.
7. A View of the Opposite or Sulkhea Side, from the Respondentia Walk with a North-wester coming on.
8. A View of Tank Square from the West.
9. A View of Government House, from the Court House Street, taken from the House of Johnson & Co.
10. A View of Barrackpore House, with the Reach of the River.
11. A View of the Town Hall.
12. A View of the Scotch Church, from the Gate of Tank Square.
13. View of St. Andrew’s Church, from Mission Row.
14. View of Court House Street, from near the South Eastern Gate of Government House.
15. View of Calcutta from the Glacis of Fort William.
16. View of the Loll Bazaar, from opposite the House of John Palmer Esq.
17. View of the Loll Bazaar and Portuguese Chapel, from the Circular Road.
18. A View of the River, Shipping, and Town, from near Smiths Dock.
19. View of St. John’s Cathedral.
20. A View of Calcutta, from a Point opposite to Kidderpore.
21. A View of Serampore, from the Park at Barrackpore.
22. A View of the West Side of Tank Square.
23. A View of the Black Pagoda, on the Chitpore Road.
24. A View in the Bazaar, leading to the Chitpore Road.
Appendix: Chronology of Calcutta: 1690–1911
