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Description: | A Hand-coloured print of a picnic pavilion in the Botanical Gardens, Calcutta, from the Fiebig Collection: Views in Calcutta and Surrounding Districts, taken by Frederick Fiebig in 1851. The Botanical Gardens in Sibpur, on the west bank of the river Hooghly, were set up by the East India Company in 1786, through the efforts of Colonel Robert Kyd, its first Superintendent.The objective was to collect plants indigenous to the country and for introduction and acclimatisation of plants from foreign parts. The garden claims to have the largest Banyan tree in the world, which covers an area of 381 m in circumference. This is a view of the thatched building in the Botanical gardens which was used for picnics. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Fiebig, Frederick | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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