T. & w. Daniell, oriental scenery (1798) chourangi (detail) now at victoria memorial. Copy of plate 6 of the second set of thomas and william daniell's 'oriental scenery. ' by the end of the 18th century calcutta was a flourishing city with beautiful public buildings and grand houses. The road to chowringhee was a broad avenue on the east side of the maidan where some of the grandest of calcutta's neo-classical villas were situated. Although almost exclusively a british residential area, the land was normally owned and the houses erected by the local bengali merchants and rented out. Date: 20th century.
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