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*Search the British Library [http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/index.html Online Gallery APAC Collection] for Calcutta
*[http://www.victoriamemorial-cal.org/index2.html home/content/en Victoria Memorial Hall, Calcutta] The Memorial is the largest repository in India for a visual history of Calcutta**[http://www.victoriamemorial-cal.org/calgallery.html The Calcutta Gallery] , now an archived webpage, displays the history and development of Calcutta up to 1911,when the capital was moved to Delhi. The gallery also has a life size diorama of the view of the Chitpur road in the late 19th century. Chitpur was then the main business centre, presently known as the Burabazar area. Note, it is unclear whether this Gallery still exists.**[http://web.archive.org/web/20150705131407/http://www.victoriamemorial-cal.org/cdoyly.html Views of Calcutta and its Environs] , now an archived webpage. A series of 28 Lithographs (click to view all) by Sir Charles D'oyly, 1781-1845, published 1848. An amateur artist of superb talent, he served in India between 1803 and 1838**[https://web.archive.org/web/20151113162116/http://www.victoriamemorial-cal.org/daniells.html Aquatints made by Thomas and William Daniell] in the late eighteenth century, mainly views of Calcutta. Now an archived webpage. There appear to be additional online paintings by the Daniells on the VMH website, in the category "Western Painting".
*A collection of photographs from [http://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/p15195coll29 ''India Illustrated: Being a Collection of Pictures of the Cities of Bombay, Calcutta and Madras, Together with a Selection of the Most Interesting Buildings and Scenes throughout India''], published by Bennett, Coleman, & Co., publishers of the English language newspaper ''Times of India'', c 1905. University of Houston Digital Library.
*[https://www.flickr.com/photos/23268776@N03/sets/72157606492883938 Photographs: Calcutta] An album by DBHKer flickr.com. British Raj era buildings. Includes a present day map indicating where the buildings are located.
