A black and white portrait photograph of St Paul’s Cathederal in Calcutta [Kolkata]. Three Indian men, presumably palanquin bearers, can be seen next to a wooden palanquin with its doors closed and resting on the ground to the left of the image. Two of the men are squatting, the one towards the right of the image obscured by the front shafts of the palanquin; the man in the middle sits on top of one of its rear shafts. Behind the men is a row of railings on a stone base, presumably the perimeter of the cathedral grounds. The cathedral's square tower and steeple are visible behind this, also the exterior wall of one of its transepts; some of the exterior walls of its nave can be seen but these are mostly obscured by trees. Original caption (in pencil beneath): ‘Cathedral of St Paul’s Calcutta’.

The steeple shown here collapsed as a result of a major earthquake in 1934.

The building is still a functioning cathedral today, operated by the Church of North India.

ALB0001.9 is another copy of this photograph.