A black and white landscape photograph showing the dome of the General Post Office in Calcutta [Kolkata] and surrounding area. The camera is positioned at a distance from the building with a line of metal railings, bushes on low grassy bank and a body of water between . A blurred figure of an Indian man can be seen in the foreground, in front of the railings. The mast of the a ship (presumably the one referred to in the caption) can be seen through a gap in the buildings. Original caption: 'General Post Office Calcutta. Tank & Ship nearest on the River in the distance'.