• Title
  Panorama of Calcutta from the Ochterlony Monument on the Meydan, 1832 / drawn by Jacob Janssen
• Creator
  Jacob Janssen, 1779-1856
• Call number
  SAFE/PXD 577
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  1832
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Drawings
• Reference code
  457897
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  Drawings - 1 panoramic watercolor on 8 sheets - 29.9 x 335.5 cm
  
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright: Artist died before 1955
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• General note
  
  Landmarks detailed across top edge of painting in ink by Janssen.
  
  Since 2001 Calcutta has been known as Kolkata.
  
  Transferred from XV99/CALC/1 in 1987.
  
  Collected for scanning project 18/7/14 should be returned to Cabinet 52
  Digital order no:Album ID : 888213
  High resolution images available on request
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Inscribed at top right 'Finished the 11 of Decbr, 1832, Jacob Janssen'
• Topic
  parks
  sailing ships
  city & town views
  unsealed roads
  
• Place
  Calcutta (India)
  
• Exhibited in
  
  Imperial Cargo - Parramatta Heritage Centre
  East of India – forgotten trade with Australia - Australian National Maritime Museum
  Planting Dreams: Shaping Australian Gardens - State Library of New South Wales (September, 2016 - January, 2017)
  Grand Vistas - Panoramas from the collection - State Library of New South Wales (May, 2022 - April, 2023)
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE3250908

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