Bombay in the 19th century - Surveys and images of the city

1. Mapping Bombay

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4. Island of Bombay and Colaba, prepared in 1843 for Mr. Murphy
"Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency. [Edited by Sir James M.
Campbell. General index, by R. E. Enthoven.]” (1896)
1509: First Portuguese raid on the seven islands making
Bombay
1532: Portuguese defeat Gujarat Sultan and acquire
control over Bombay
1626: British attack Portuguese fort with the aid of the
Dutch
1661: Portuguese crown gives Bombay as a dowry for
Catherine of Braganza in her marriage to the British
monarch, Charles II
1668: British crown leases Bombay to East India
Company
1686: EIC moves headquarters from Surat to Bombay

5. Bombay Fort, 1771-1864, "Gazetteer of the
Bombay Presidency. [Edited by Sir James M.
Campbell. General index, by R. E. Enthoven.]",
"Miscellaneous Official Publications” (1896)

6. The Island of Bombay. Reduced from the
Original Survey Undertaken by Order of
Government by Captain Thomas
Dickinson…in the Years 1812-1816 (1890)
1838: the seven islands are joined after
years of reclamation projects
1860s: boom in cotton trade prompts
several speculative projects to reclaim
land
1862: Governor Bartle Frerer takes office
and orders the walls of the fort to be
removed
1872: reclamations had increased area of
the city from 18 to 22 square miles

8. James Douglas, Map of the Island of Bombay,
"Bombay and Western India. A series of stray
papers” (1893)

11. Ellora Caves (Buddhist, Jain, and Brahmanical temples), 600-1000 CE

12. Thomas Daniell and James Wales, The mountain of Ellora (third view), 1803

13. Thomas and William Daniell, Part of the interior of the Elephanta & The entrance to the
Elephanta cave, 1800
During the one hundred years of British dominion in India, the Government had done little or nothing
towards the preservation of its ancient monuments, which, in the total absence of any written history,
form the only reliable source of information as to the early condition of the country. . . . Some of these
monuments . . . are daily suffering from the effects of time, and . . . must soon disappear altogether,
unless preserved by the accurate drawings and faithful descriptions of the archaeologist.
. . . Hitherto, the Government has been chiefly occupied with the extension and consolidation of empire,
but the establishment of the Trigonometrical Survey shews that it has not been unmindful to the claims of
science. It would redound equally to the honour of the British government to institute a careful and
systematic investigation of all the existing monuments of ancient India.
— Col. Alexander Cunningham to the Governor-General Canning, 1861

14. William Johnson, Panorama - From the Cathedral, Bombay. No. 3. The Native Town,
towards Mazagon, from Photographs of Western India (1855-62)

15. William Johnson, Jamsetjee Jyeebhay Hospital, from Photographs of Western India
(1855-62)

16. William Johnson, Cotton Carts, Thull Ghaut, from Photographs of Western India (1855-62)

17. William Johnson, The Cotton Ground, Colaba, Bombay, from Photographs of
Western India (1855-62)

18. William Johnson, Photographs of Western India (1855-62)
“Goojerattee Accountants” “Goojerattee Brokers”

19. William Johnson, Photographs of Western India (1855-62)
“Parsees in Plain and Holiday Attire”“Parsees”

20. William Johnson, Photographs of Western India (1855-62)
“Fisherwomen of Bombay”“Bombay Police”

21. F. W. Stevens, Victoria Terminus [Chhatrapti Shivaji Terminus], Bombay, 1878-87

23. Great Indian Peninsular Railway Victoria Terminus and Administrative Offices, Bombay, 1878–87, details
of carving. Note the vegetative detail and carvings of peacocks and monkeys, representative of the
Indian natural environment. The majority of models for this decorative work were executed by students
of Mr. Gomez at the J. J. School of Art and by native craftsmen under the superintendence of John
Griffiths. From Builder 51 ( July–December 1886).

24. Charles Barry and A.W.N. Pugin,
Palace of Westminster, London,
1835-59
F. W. Stevens, Victoria Terminus
[Chhatrapti Shivaji Terminus],
Bombay, 1878-87