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Illustration of a cow and calf of the middle breed of East Indian cattle common in Bengal in a field in the 19th century.

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Handwritten minute book for the Association of Building Technicians (ABT) Architect's Sectional Committee for 1946-1947.

Correspondence and reports relating to the ABT Technical Committee. The file includes a letter to Robert Joseph Gardner-Medwin from SR Gupta of Calcutta looking for a professor of architecture for the Bengal Engineering College dated 26 September 1952 .

Content Description A traditional, cloth-based scroll painting, illustrating the life of botanist William Roxburgh, created by Gurupada Chitrakar in 2010 in West Bengal. It is a water-based paint on paper, mounted on cotton. Created using paint made with vegetable dyes, these scrolls are made by sewing together individual panels of paper. Fabric, often from old saris, is glued to the back to strengthen the scroll.Painted scrolls such as this, known as patas, are used...

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Administrative details, course outlines, timetables and lecture notes for the Service Arts and Technical Organization (SATO) 12th Army Polytechnic, South East Asia Command (SEAC). This organised pre-release training across Burma. Includes a letter dated 18 January 1938 to Percy Johnson-Marshall from the Royal Institute of British Architects, telling him that he had passed his examination in professional practice, and an outline map of Bengal.

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Photograph of the Bengal state elephant, "The Begum" with son, "Wee Macgregor" next to a barn in India in the early 20th century.