A view by Giulio Ferrario, from 'Il Costume antico e moderno...', Florence, 1824

Source: ebay, June 2010

*View in Clive Street, a lithograph by Sir Charles D'Oyly, 1848* (BL)


*"Chittapore Road, Calcutta," from an English history book, 1851*

Source: ebay, May 2007





"A Street in Calcutta," Illustrated London News, 1855

Source: ebay, Mar. 2009


"Mode of Watering the Streets of Calcutta," from 'Harpers Weekly', 1858 (also ILN 1858); *a very large scan of this engraving*

Source: ebay, June 2009


"Mehtas, or street sweepers of Calcutta," Illustrated London News, 1860; click on the image for a very large scan

Source: ebay, Apr. 2008


"Native Shop in Bazaar Street," from the Illustrated London News, 1874; very large scans of *the left half* and *the right half*

Source: ebay, Sept. 2004


*"A Bengali Beniah or Grain seller," from the Illustrated London News, 1875 (with later hand coloring)*

Source: ebay, Nov. 2006


*"View in Eden Gardens, Calcutta," from the Illustrated London News, 1875*

Source: ebay, Sept. 2004


"Prinsep's Ghaut," from the Illustrated London News, 1876; *a very large scan of the engraving*

Source: ebay, June 2011


"The Cremation Ghat at Calcutta," a wood engraving (Selmar Hess, New York, 1877)

Source: ebay, Aug. 2001



*"Chowringhee Road, Calcutta," a photo by Bourne, c.1870's*; also *"Clive Street, Calcutta"*

Source: ebay, Mar. 2010


*"Street Scene in Calcutta," an engraving, 1881*

Source: ebay, Apr. 2012

"The Kali Ghaut, Calcutta," from the Illustrated London News, 1887

Source: ebay, Nov. 2004


*"Old Court House Street, Calcutta," an albumen photo by Bourne and Shepherd, c.1880's*

Source: ebay, Jan. 2008


*"Burra Bazaar, Calcutta," an albumen photo, c.1880's*

Source: ebay, Dec. 2007


*Clive Street, a photogravure by John Stoddard from 1892*

Source: ebay, Oct. 2005


*Another photogravure from Stoddard, 1892: "Native Village near Calcutta"*

Source: ebay, Oct. 2005



*"A rain-gambling house in Calcutta," from The Graphic, 1896*

Source: ebay, Feb. 2010


*"Native sport in India: a ram fight in Bengal," from The Graphic, 1899*

Source: ebay, Mar. 2011

*A Calcutta street view: an albumen photo from the 1890's*

Source: ebay, Apr. 2007


*"A Hindu Coolie, Calcutta," a photo from c. the 1920's*

Source: ebay, June 2007


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