Hazarduari Palace & The Armenian Silk Quarters, Murshidabad
Studio: Bourne & Shepherd
Date: c. 1912
Historical Context & Architectural Analysis
The stately vista of Chowringhee Road showing vintage electric tramcars, horse-drawn phaetons, and colonial neoclassical palatial facades bordering the vast expanse of the Maidan.
Archival Provenance Ledger
Verified 90/100- Asset Type
- photograph
- Photographer / Studio
- Bourne & Shepherd
- Date / Decade
- c. 1912 (1910s)
- Holding Archive
- Wikimedia Commons / British Library
- Catalogue Reference
- Photo 1000/42(18)
- Historical Location
- Chowringhee Road, Calcutta
- Present-Day Location
- Jawaharlal Nehru Road, Esplanade, Kolkata
- Copyright & Reuse
- public domain
Official Attribution:
Public Domain / Bourne & Shepherd Studio, Calcutta
Public Domain / Bourne & Shepherd Studio, Calcutta
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