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Six part panorama of Bombay Part 4 15044, 1850 - 1879

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022A/11

Scope and Contents

251 x 200 mm. View looking east from the Cathedral tower, over the Green and towards the Town Hall and Harbour. The Town Hall is in the centre of the print and facing the Cathedral across the Green. Designed by Colonel Thomas Cowper of the Bombay Engineers and financed partly by subscription and partly by government funding it was built between 1820 and 1833. Behind the Town Hall parts of Bombay Castle are to be seen while to the left is the Mint, designed by Major John Hawkins of the Bombay Engineers and built on reclaimed land to the north of Town Hall. The Old Cotton Green in the foreground is seen as it was before Elphinstone Circle was laid out.

Dates

  • Creation: 1850 - 1879

Creator

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Language of Materials

English

Date information

DateText: The date is approximate..

Finding aid date

2012-03-06 11:10:30+00:00

Includes index.

Repository Details

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