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1859 Native School Calcutta - Original Vintage Print By Simpson - Indian Education Colonial History Architecture - 9.25 x 8.5 in
Vintage watercolour reproduction depicting a native school in Calcutta, December 1859. From Visions of India: The Sketch Books of William Simpson 1859-1862, published 1984.
Shows interior classroom scene with students and teachers beneath ornate Indo-Islamic arches, rendered in warm ochres and earth tones. Simpson's original field sketches documented colonial-era educational institutions during his travels through India.
Great for historians of colonial India, educators, architecture enthusiasts, and collectors of South Asian cultural documentation.
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**Condition** Good, consistent with age. There is another print on the reverse. No show through.
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About This Print
This original people print dates from the Late 20th Century (1980s). Vintage prints capture the aesthetic sensibilities of their era with distinctive artistic styles.
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