File:The Cathedral and Bishop's Palace in Calcutta in 1865.jpg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file ‎(976 × 566 pixels, file size: 143 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary

[edit]
Description
English: This photograph of St. Paul's Cathedral and the Bishops' Palace 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. Bishops' Palace, located east of St. Paul's Cathedral, was purchased by Bishop Wilson in 1849.
Date 1860s
date QS:P,+1860-00-00T00:00:00Z/8
Source http://www.oldindianphotos.in/search?updated-min=2008-12-01T00:00:00%2B05:30&updated-max=2009-01-01T00:00:00%2B05:30&max-results=50
Author
Samuel Bourne  (1834–1912)  wikidata:Q337475
 
Samuel Bourne
Alternative names
S. Bourne
Description British photographer
Date of birth/death 30 October 1834 Edit this at Wikidata 24 April 1912 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Mucklestone Nottingham
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q337475

Licensing

[edit]
Public domain

The author died in 1912, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer.

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.

This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current13:04, 7 September 2014Thumbnail for version as of 13:04, 7 September 2014976 × 566 (143 KB)BigJolly9 (talk | contribs)User created page with UploadWizard

You cannot overwrite this file.

There are no pages that use this file.

Metadata

This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:The_Cathedral_and_Bishop%27s_Palace_in_Calcutta_in_1865.jpg&oldid=864123503"