Indian workmen mixing and balling opium in a courtyard in Calcutta. Process print after a photograph by Bourne & Shepherd, c. 1900.

Calcutta, West Bengal: a man about to scatter material from a bowl on a dead body lying on a funeral pyre, watched by women. Photograph.

Calcutta, West Bengal: young men standing by a funeral pyre on which they have placed the dead body of a man. Photograph.

Snake, boldly cross-banded. Watercolour by Bhawani Das.

Per post : Messrs. Bathgate & Company, 17 Old Court House Street, Calcutta, India / from Francis Cupiss Ltd., The Wilderness, Diss.

The new medical college hospital, Calcutta, India. Wood engraving, 1853.

Grasshopper. Watercolour by Bhawani Das.

Calcutta, West Bengal: young men placing the dead body of a man on a funeral pyre. Photograph.

Fish (Puffer Fish?): lateral and ventral views. Watercolour by Bhawani Das.

Calcutta, West Bengal: the dead body of a man burning on a funeral pyre; a young man standing by. Photograph.

The new General Hospital and grounds, Calcutta, India. Lithograph by W. Wood the younger after himself, 1829.

1 photograph : photoprint ; sheet 6.5 x 4.4 cm

1 photograph : photoprint ; sheet 4.2 x 6.5 cm

Preliminary report of a malaria survey of Calcutta and environs / by M.O. Tirunarayana Iyengar.

Note on the prevalence of the ankylostomum in Calcutta : (for the I.M.G. collective investigation) / by Leonard Rogers.

16, 49, 25, 41 pages, 5 folded leaves, 1 unnumbered folded leaf of plates : colour map ; 22 cm

Extracts from the topography and vital statistics of Calcutta : embracing observations on these subjects formed at different periods, and officially submitted to the local authorities / by F.P. Strong.

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Calcutta, West Bengal: young men standing by a funeral pyre on which they have placed the dead body of a man. Photograph.

Calcutta, West Bengal: the dead body of a man burning on a funeral pyre; a young man standing by. Photograph.

Preliminary report of a malaria survey of Calcutta and environs / by M.O. Tirunarayana Iyengar.

Note on the prevalence of the ankylostomum in Calcutta : (for the I.M.G. collective investigation) / by Leonard Rogers.

Extracts from the topography and vital statistics of Calcutta : embracing observations on these subjects formed at different periods, and officially submitted to the local authorities / by F.P. Strong.

Kolkata

Images from the collections

Images referencing Kolkata

Works from the collections

Calcutta, West Bengal: young men standing by a funeral pyre on which they have placed the dead body of a man. Photograph.

Calcutta, West Bengal: the dead body of a man burning on a funeral pyre; a young man standing by. Photograph.

Preliminary report of a malaria survey of Calcutta and environs / by M.O. Tirunarayana Iyengar.

Note on the prevalence of the ankylostomum in Calcutta : (for the I.M.G. collective investigation) / by Leonard Rogers.

Extracts from the topography and vital statistics of Calcutta : embracing observations on these subjects formed at different periods, and officially submitted to the local authorities / by F.P. Strong.

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