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Description: | A Hand-coloured print of Hooghly College, from the Fiebig Collection: Views of Calcutta and Surrounding Districts, taken by Frederick Fiebig in 1851. View of the College at Hooghly with the steps to the ghat (landing-stage) in the foreground. The Hooghly college at Chinsura, on the banks of the Hooghly river, was established in 1836 by a private trust. It was in a Palladian house built by General Perron, the French General who became the commander-in-chief of the Scindia army and surrendered to Lord Lake in 1803 in the Anglo-Maratha war. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Subjects: | Ghats Education Colleges Cartography And Topography Architecture Rivers and waterways People And Society | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Fiebig, Frederick | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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