Beschreibung:

William Baillie [Views of Calcutta. Calcutta: 1794.] Oblong 2° (305 x 390mm). Without title or text. 12 hand-coloured etched and engraved views, with occasional aquatint, by Baillie. (Mounted on early thin card, cut to just within plate-mark, the first plate slightly creased at one corner). Unbound within modern green cloth box, with green morocco title on upper cover. A very rare series of Calcutta prints, not in Abbey, the meticulous views showing an almost European city of neo-classical buildings with few native buildings in sight. Baillie shows a very different city from the Daniells' views of Calcutta, a teeming Indian city. The subjects are: 1. View of Esplanade-Row, Calcutta, from the River to the Council-House; 2. North View of Fort William, from the Esplanade; 3. South View of the Council-House and Govenrment-House, Calcutta; 4. View of Tank Square, Calcutta, from the East; 5. Military Orphan School, opposite to Calcutta, for the Children of private Soldiers; 6. South-East View of the New church at Calcutta; 7. General View of Calcutta, taken near the Sluice of Fort William; 8. South-west View of Fort William; 9. North View of the Water Gate and Royal Barracks, Fort William; 10. South View of Calcutta, taken from the Glacis of Fort William; 11. North East View of the Military Orphan House, near Calcutta, for the Children of Officers; 12. View of the East Side of Tank Square, Calcutta.