Victoria Memorial Hall, Calcutta : conception, collections, conservation

Author

Vaughan, Philippa (Editor); Tillotson, G. H. R.; Linstrum, Derek; Gupta, Narayani; Swallow, Deborah; Featherstone, Rupert; Marsland-Boyer, Victoria; Mackay, Christine; McAusland, Jane; Feilden, Bernard; Staniforth, Sarah; Kedareswari, J.; Guhu-Thakurta, Tapati

Document type

Livre

Language

English

Source

ill. (some col.), bibliogr., index ; 160 p. ; 1997

ISBN

81-85026-38-6

Publisher

Marg, [Calcutta] (ind)

Publication country

India

Abstract (en)

The Victoria Memorial Hall museum was conceived in 1901 by Lord Curzon, Viceroy of India, as a monument to the recently deceased Queen-Empress Victoria. The English Baroque structure which incorporates Indian elements was built 1902-1921 to designs of William Emerson and Vincent Esch. Besides being an outstanding monument to British India, and an important example of British colonial architecture, the museum has one of the finest collections of paintings by European artists working in India ca.1760-1830. This volume presents the architecture and collections of the Victoria Memorial Hall, and tells about efforts to preserve both undertaken since 1990.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1800-1945 -- India
• Victoria Memorial Hall||Kolkata (IND)
• Museums
• India
• 1900-2000
• Victoria, queen of Great Britain and Ireland, 1819-1901
• Commemorative monuments
• Emerson, William, 1843-1924
• Architecture
• Esch, Vincent, 1876-1950
• Imperialism
• Great Britain
• British
• Colonial
• Painting
• Europe
• Collections
• Views
• Europeans
• Painters
• Conservation

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1800-1945 -- Inde
• Victoria Memorial Hall||Kolkata (IND)
• Musée
• Inde
• 1900-2000
• Victoria, reine de Grande-Bretagne et d'Irlande, 1819-1901
• Monument commémoratif
• Emerson, William, 1843-1924
• Architecture
• Esch, Vincent, 1876-1950
• Impérialisme
• Grande-Bretagne
• Britanniques
• Colonial (art)
• Peinture
• Europe
• Collections
• Vues
• Européens
• Peintres
• Conservation

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19990401-00203446

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