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Posted on: 2 November 2011
Native shops in a Calcutta Bazaar - 1867
This chromolithograph is taken from plate 39 of William Simpson's 'India: Ancient and Modern'. Simpson often included scenes of local colour in his paintings, as in this detailed image of a small Indian shop in Calcutta selling lentils and grains. He thus brought an impression of contemporary India to the British public for the first time.
Source : British Library
I think the big pothole is still there... Maybe ASI should declare it a protected monument!
1867??? i thought this was from last thursday...
Amazing! Calcutta hasn't changed at all! Now I am homesick!
What is the little boy carrying in his left hand? Apparently a sewerage line is being laid and the merchant does not want to lose his custom. So he has put gunny bags and wooden planks for customers to walk up to the counter! Like Mr. Pulkit Sharma I also thought the picture was taken last Thursday; also in Bombay!
It's a great page and I appreciate it a lot. If possible, please upload images in a bit higher resolution.
I love these shares, really interesting .
gr8 times!
Interesting times indeed! No ugly overhead cables, no TV, no electricity. The local provision store had few choices! Life was simple...at least so it seemed. The little boy seems to be carrying a slate (remember those?... ancient version of s 'MS word') under his right arm, and a broom(?) in his left.
Haha..."ancient version of 'MS word'..." ! : )
waow
2 years before the birth of Mahatma Gandhi! Some more early pix of Calcutta:http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/features/india/tour_17_boats.html
MS for my slate!
the road-side drainage/sewage line seems to be a stone archway of a decent size. perhaps it has collapsed in certain places where the shopkeeper has provided planks to cover it up and so that customers may walk over to his shop.