Bengal Collection

British India - East Bengal - Barisal - Indian Army unit and the British Governor and his wife. Barisal fell under the Bengal Nawabs, then colonial British India

Kolkata - The Belvedere - Residence of Governor of Bengal. Date: 1883

Char Bangla Temple, Baranagore, West Bengal, India
Detail of carvings above the main entrance to one of the four Shiva (Siva) Mandirs at the Char Bangla Temple, built in the 18th century in Baranagore, West Bengal, India

Bengal Nagpur Railway
The Bengal - Nagpur Railway spans the country from Calcutta to Bombay, Bombay to Calcutta, via Nagpur

Yogi on bed of nails - Serampore, West Bengal, India. Date: 1925

Maharaja of Cooch Behar, Vanity Fair
SHRI SIR NRIPENDRA NARAYAN, Maharaja of Cooch Behar (1862-1911) seen here in the dismounted review order uniform of a British officer of the 6th (Prince of Wales s) Bengal Cavalry

Terracotta figures, Lalji Temple, Kalna, West Bengal, India
Detail of terracotta figures on the Lalji Temple in Kalna, known as the Temple City, in West Bengal, India. The temple was built in the mid-18th century

Eyre Coote (Elder) - 1
SIR EYRE COOTE (the elder) British military commander, notably in Bengal, India : with military ornaments. Date: 1726 - 1783

Injustice Nawab / Bengal
Be Just and Fear Not A cartoon on the British injustice to the Nawab of Bengal

Colonel Robert Clive at the Battle of Plassey (Palashi, West Bengal, India), 23 June 1757, when Great Britain and the East India Company defeated the forces of the Mughal Empire

Meeting of Lord Clive Mir Jafar after Battle of Plassey Meeting of Lord Clive
Meeting of Lord Clive with Mir Jafar after the Battle of Plassey, Bengal, India. 1757

(Goat) Meat Stall - New Market, Calcutta (Kolkata), West Bengal state, India. The two gentleman on the right are clearly Muslim and therefore practising Halal Butchery. Date: circa 1910s

19th century vintage photograph India - village life in Bengal, Samuel Bourne, 1860s

Bengal village scene, near Calcutta, Kolkata, India
Vintage 19th century photograph: Bengal village scene, near Calcutta, Kolkata, India, Samuel Bourne, 1860 s

Chowringhee (also spelt Chourangi) Kolkata India
Vintage 19th century photograph: Chowringhee (also spelt Chourangi) is a neighbourhood of Central Kolkata, in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal

British army India, officers of 12th Bengal Cavalry 1871
Vintage 19th century photograph - British army in India - officers of the 12th Bengal Cavalry 1871

Nutwell Court, Exeter, seen from the River Exe, seat of Sir Thomas Trayton Fuller-Eliott-Drake. Georgian neo-classical manor house with portico entrance

Bengal Florida rose, Rosa chinensis (Rosa bengalensis). Chromolithograph after a botanical drawing by Emily Eden from her Flowers from an Indian Garden: Second Series: Hope, Breidenbach Co

Story of the Bengal Partition and its reversal
Page from The Graphic showing two maps of North East India. The top map shows Bengal partitioned in 1905, when a large part of its former area in the east was united with Assam to form the new

Kalimpong bazaar, West Bengal, India, from a fascinating album which reveals new details on a little-known campaign in which a British military force brushed aside Tibetan defences to capture Lhasa

Kalimpong Church, Kalimpong, West Bengal, India, near the Tibet border, from a fascinating album which reveals new details on a little-known campaign in which a British military force brushed aside

Tennis court in Kalimpong, West Bengal, India, from a fascinating album which reveals new details on a little-known campaign in which a British military force brushed aside Tibetan defences to

House in Kalimpong, West Bengal, India, from a fascinating album which reveals new details on a little-known campaign in which a British military force brushed aside Tibetan defences to capture

View of Kalimpong, West Bengal, India, from a fascinating album which reveals new details on a little-known campaign in which a British military force brushed aside Tibetan defences to capture Lhasa

Teesta Bridge, crossing the Teesta River in West Bengal, India, connecting Darjeeling and Kalimpong, from a fascinating album which reveals new details on a little-known campaign in which a British

View of Darjeeling, West Bengal, India, from a fascinating album which reveals new details on a little-known campaign in which a British military force brushed aside Tibetan defences to capture

First Experiences of a Calcutta Palki
A British man details his first experience with a Palki in Calcutta, India. A palki, also known as a palanquin or litter, was was a covered box for transporting people of importance

MIRZA MUHAMMAD SIRAJ-UD-DAULA NAWAB OF BENGAL (1732? - 1757) Date: 18th Century

Charge of the Highlanders in Bengal, Indian Mutiny Date: 1857

British army in India, 1860s - 12th Bengal Cavalry
Vintage 19th century photograph - British army in India, 1860s - group from the 12th Bengal Cavalry

British army in India, 1860s - 4th Bengal cavalry
Vintage 19th century photograph - British army in India, 1860s - officers of the 4th Bengal cavalry

British army in India - officers of the 19th Bengal Lancers
1860s vintage photograph - British army in India - officers of the 19th Bengal Lancers

Historical views of Tibet. The Grand Lama with priests and worshippers 46, Lama priest sprinkling a home with holy water 47, and victor drinking out of an enemys skull 48

Sicre Gully or Siclygully Pass between Bengal and Bihar.. Temple on hilltop, elephant and bivouac tents in thet valley. Illustration by Lt. Col

Group of the police force newly organised in Bengal
Police force newly organised in Bengal including Lieutenant Bowie, Inspector Harry Mullick and Inspector Pandy. 1864

Four hanks of silk, Old Silk Mill, Derby
Four hanks of silk, as seen at the Old Silk Mill, Derby -- Bengal, Italian, Persian and Broussa. Date: 1843

White garland-lily or white ginger lily, Hedychium coronarium. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cooke from Conrad Loddiges Botanical Cabinet, Hackney, London, 1821

Bengal clockvine, Thunbergia grandiflora. Chromolithograph by J.L. Goffart after an illustration in The Garden from Jean Lindens l Illustration Horticole, Brussels, 1895

Grey or hanuman langur, Semnopithecus entellus (Entellus monkey, Semnopitecus entellus). Handcoloured steel engraving by W.H

Bengal rose with green flowers, Rosa chinensis
Bengal rose hybrid with green flowers, Rosa chinensis. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe

Image of Buddha in Bengal and Birman Gautama
Image of Buddha in Bengal, and image of Birman Gautama Buddha in a temple in Amarapura. Adapted from Michael Symes Account of an Embassy to the Kingdom of Ava

White variant of the Bengal tiger, Panthera tigris tigris (White tiger, Felis tigris). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Thomas Landseer after an illustration by Charles Hamilton Smith

Bengal tiger, Panthera tigris tigris. Endangered. (Felis tigris). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Griffith, Harriet or Edward, from Edward Griffiths The Animal Kingdom by the Baron Cuvier

Bengal clockvine or large-flowered thunbergia, Thunbergia grandiflora. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration by Mrs Augusta Withers from Benjamin Maund and the Rev

Monitors and lizards
Nile monitor, Varanus niloticus 1, Bengal monitor, Varanus bengalensis 2, Asian grass lizard, Takydromus sexlineatus 3, jacky lizard, Amphibolurus muricatus 4, and brown anole, Anolis sagrei

Bael, Bengal quince or Japanese bitter orange
Bael, Bengal quince, golden apple or Japanese bitter orange, Aegle marmelos. Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley

The City of Egra, West Bengal, NE India
The City of Egra, West Bengal, north east India. 1742

Prionailurus bengalensis, Leopard cat
Watercolour from John Reeves Collection; c.1820s Date: 1820

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