Capital of the Indian state of West Bengal.
Kolkata
Jain Temple, Calcutta. Raphael Tuck & Sons.
Date: Between 1910-1913
By: Raphael Tuck & Sons (Firm)
Reference: PA5-0364
Description: Shows The Jain Temple Calcutta, published by Raphael Tuck & Sons for The Commercial Union, Calcutta. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph 88 x 138 mm
Constable, George W fl 1857-1858 : Journal
Date: Jul 1857-Nov 1857, Jul 1858
By: Constable, George W, active 1857-1858
Reference: qMS-0515
Description: Daily journals of ship-board life. The first journal is of a voyage in a ship carrying troops to Calcutta; the second is of a voyage in a ship carrying timber from Moulmein, Burma. Quantity: 1 volume(s) (29 pages plus 34 pages). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: (38 cm, brown suede) Provenance: Purchased, 8 January 1969, from John Summers
Wilson, E fl 1850-1851 : Journal of a trip to New Zealand
Date: 1850-1851
By: Wilson, E (Miss), active 1850-1851
Reference: MS-2503
Description: Describes social life in England and voyage to New Zealand (by way of India); includes newspaper clippings of a philosophical and religious nature; also describes books read during the voyage; ship unidentified Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 volume(s) (42 pages). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, printed matter (11cm, maroon morocco in maroon slip case)
Holwell Monument, Calcutta. Raphael Tuck & Sons.
Date: Between 1910-1913
By: Raphael Tuck & Sons (Firm)
Reference: PA5-0365
Description: Shows Holwell Monument, Calcutta, published by Raphael Tuck & Sons for The Commercial Union, Calcutta. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph 88 x 138 mm
Wood, William, Jr 1774-1857 :Chowringhee Road. General Post Office. Lindsay St. Monohur...
Date: 1833
From: Wood, William, Jr 1774-1857 :A series of 28 panoramic views of Calcutta. Drawn and lithographed by W. Wood Junr. London, C. Hullmandel, 1833.
By: Wood, William, 1774-1857
Reference: B-041-027
Description: Tall buildings seen behind picket fences. The Post Office is on the far left, Lindsay Street to its right. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 212 x 355 mm, on sheet 360 x 520 mm (trimmed)
Wood, William, Jr 1774-1857 :A series of 28 panoramic views of Calcutta. Drawn and lith...
Date: 1833
By: Wood, William, 1774-1857; Carver, Robert, active 1940s
Reference: B-041-021/033
Description: Illustrations of Chowringhee Road, Esplanade Row, the New General Hospital, Kyderpoor Bridge, the Fort. B-041-021 is the title page for this group of images The Library holds twelve of the full collection of twenty-eight lithographs Quantity: 13 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithographs 212 x 355 mm, on sheets 360 x 520 mm Provenance: Presented by Mr Robert Carver, Wellington, 8.5.47
Wood, William, Jr 1774-1857 :Esplanade Row. Club House. From nature and on stone by W. ...
Date: 1833
From: Wood, William, Jr 1774-1857 :A series of 28 panoramic views of Calcutta. Drawn and lithographed by W. Wood Junr. London, C. Hullmandel, 1833.
By: Wood, William, 1774-1857
Reference: B-041-025
Description: Large buildings including the Calcutta Club House viewed from a distance across an open space. Families and other groups are promenading in the foreground, with a palinquin being carried by four men on the left Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 212 x 355 mm, on sheet 360 x 520 mm
Cathedral, Calcutta. Raphael Tuck & Sons.
Date: Between 1910-1913
By: Raphael Tuck & Sons (Firm)
Reference: PA5-0363
Description: Shows the Cathedral, Calcutta, published by Raphael Tuck & Sons for The Commercial Union, Calcutta. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph 88 x 138 mm
The Lake, Botanical Gardens, Calcutta. Raphael Tuck & Sons.
Date: Between 1910-1913
By: Raphael Tuck & Sons (Firm)
Reference: PA5-0361
Description: Shows the Lake, Botanical Gardens, Calcutta, published by Raphael Tuck & Sons for The Commercial Union, Calcutta Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph 88 x 138 mm
Wood, William, Jr 1774-1857 :Chowringhee Road. Juan Bazaar St. Drawn from nature and on...
Date: 1833
From: Wood, William, Jr 1774-1857 :A series of 28 panoramic views of Calcutta. Drawn and lithographed by W. Wood Junr. London, C. Hullmandel, 1833.
By: Wood, William, 1774-1857
Reference: B-041-026
Description: Tall buildings seen across flat land. A flock of sheep is being driven across the foreground on the left, groups of people are moving around and two men are resting their palanquin on the ground Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 212 x 355 mm, on sheet 360 x 520 mm (trimmed)
Artist unknown :Illustrations from the Austral Chronicle. 1886.
Date: 1886
Reference: A-015-029/056
Description: Drawings and proofs prepared for the Austral Chronicle, the bi-weekly journal published on board the S.S.Austral, from Sydney to London, March and April 1886. Subjects include shipboard scenes, views of Australia, England, India, Egypt and Italy, the editors of the journal in consultation. Quantity: 25 drawing(s). 15 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Ink on card (no.s 29-53); lithographs on paper (no.s 54-56, five copies of each) Sizes vary
The City of dreadful night by Rudyard Kipling
Date: 1891
From: Luxford Dolberg, Nola, 1895-1994 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-6936-5
Description: Part of the A H W Wheeler & Co Indian Railway Library published by Sampson Low, Marston & Company in 1891; includes notes re its rarity Quantity: 1 folder(s) (case folder).
Wood, William, Jr 1774-1857 :Chowringhee Road. Drawn from nature and on stone by W. Woo...
Date: 1833
From: Wood, William, Jr 1774-1857 :A series of 28 panoramic views of Calcutta. Drawn and lithographed by W. Wood Junr. London, C. Hullmandel, 1833.
By: Wood, William, 1774-1857
Reference: B-041-022
Description: Chowringhee Road, Calcutta, viewed from across a river. Three people are washing clothes or gathering water in the foreground, while a flamingo stands to the left. Across the river are two imposing buildings behind walls Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 212 x 355 mm, on sheet 360 x 520 mm (trimmed)
Wood, William, Jr 1774-1857 :Esplanade Row. Treasury. Entrance to Government House. Gov...
Date: 1833
From: Wood, William, Jr 1774-1857 :A series of 28 panoramic views of Calcutta. Drawn and lithographed by W. Wood Junr. London, C. Hullmandel, 1833.
By: Wood, William, 1774-1857
Reference: B-041-024
Description: Tall buildings seen across flat land. A donkey stands in the left foreground. Government House is a large colonaded building with a central dome towards the right, the Treasury on the far left Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 212 x 355 mm, on sheet 360 x 520 mm (trimmed)
Wood, William, Jr 1774-1857 :The Fort. Drawn from nature and on stone by W. Wood Junr. ...
Date: 1833
From: Wood, William, Jr 1774-1857 :A series of 28 panoramic views of Calcutta. Drawn and lithographed by W. Wood Junr. London, C. Hullmandel, 1833.
By: Wood, William, 1774-1857
Reference: B-041-033
Description: A large stone fort with the towers of a castle visible on the skyline to the right. Four armed soldiers parading or at leisure in the foreground Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 212 x 355 mm, on sheet 360 x 520 mm (trimmed)
Wood, William, Jr 1774-1857 :Chowringhee Road. From nature and on stone by W. Wood Junr...
Date: 1833
From: Wood, William, Jr 1774-1857 :A series of 28 panoramic views of Calcutta. Drawn and lithographed by W. Wood Junr. London, C. Hullmandel, 1833.
By: Wood, William, 1774-1857
Reference: B-041-030
Description: Tall buildings seen across flat land. Four sheep are grazing in the right foreground, groups of people are moving around and a carriage and a bullock cart are on the street in the middle distance Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 212 x 355 mm, on sheet 360 x 520 mm (trimmed)
Letters from Neil Johnson - unnumbered, Nos 1 - 17
Date: 23 Apr-29 Aug 1945
From: Johnson, Ralph, 1950- : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-11840-10
Description: Letters from Neil Johnson to his fiancee, Joan Oldham, written from Sumner, Christchurch, then Wellington, Calcutta and Kutsing, China. The letters from Calcutta on are numbered. Describes his enrolment with the China Convoy of the Friends Ambulance Unit, his activities, other members in his unit and impressions of China in general. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Letters from Neil Johnson - Nos 137 - 159, unnumbered
Date: Jul-Dec 1947
From: Johnson, Ralph, 1950- : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-11840-16
Description: Letters from Neil Johnson to his fiancee, Joan Oldham, written from Calcutta after his return to the India office of the FAU in July 1947. Gives impressions of India, especially Calcutta, during the Partition crisis, and his work. The last (unnumbered) letters he wrote in December 1947 from Wellington and then from Sumner, Christchurch, after his return to New Zealand. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Reports and other enclosures
Date: 1946-1947
From: Johnson, Ralph, 1950- : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-11840-17
Description: Comprises draft reports on health situation and hospital and ambulance services, written by Neil Johnson while in Calcutta; Samples of pre-communist Chinese banknotes, both in yuan and in Shanghai dollars, together with printed tables of inflation rates for foodstuffs in Shanghai; Labelled sketch map of the Baptist Compound at Chengchow, which housed the offices of the Friends Ambulance Service. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Regina (Ship. fl 1858-1867) and Blenheim (Ship. Built 1853) : Logs
Date: 1861, 1866-1867
Reference: MSZ-1674
Description: The log book contains details for voyages for two different ships: the Blenheim, built for the London-India trade, from London to Calcutta in 1861 under Capt J F Atkinson; and the Regina from London to Auckland 1866-1867, under Captain F Linkehorneorne. Crew list is included for the Blenheim; a passenger list for the Regina. The part of the log covering the voyage of the Blenheim includes some pencil sketches of people. Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Ms (32.5cm L x 27cm W x 1cm D) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchased at Dunbar and Sloane auction Wellington, 2014