Panorama of Elphinstone Circle, Bombay

Four albumen prints by an anonymous photographer, mounted contiguously on paper, depicting a panoramic view of the Elphinstone Circle (Horniman Circle Gardens), Bombay (Mumbai).

The Elphinstone Circle was a large garden complex in south Bombay, laid out in 1869 and completed in 1972. With the support of then-governor Lord Elphinstone, the green space known as Bombay Greens was converted into a circle surrounded by buildings, with walkways and trees planted throughout and an ornamental fountain in the center. The whole park was then renamed Elphinstone Circle after the governor. In 1947, the garden was again renamed, this time in honor of Benjamin Horniman, the editor of the Bombay Chronicle and supporter of Indian independence.

FSA A2000.02

Bombay (India)

India -- Maharashtra -- Bombay (Mumbai)

Gardens -- India

Parks -- India

Purchase, 2000.

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Prints

Albumen prints

Photographs

Panorama of Elphinstone Circle, Bombay. FSA.A2000.02. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

One folder in one flat box.

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Albumen prints -- 1860-1880

Photographs

Collection is open for research.