3-028-389 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Fort Church and South Barracks, Calcutta, 1870. The British in India. Engraving of '...the Church of St Peter, which is very centrally situated. The interior consists of a nave and two side aisles. At the altar there is a beautiful representation of the Last Supper in bas-relief, surmounted by a handsome stained glass window. The church is very prettily painted and decorated. The South Barracks, to the right of the view, are the abode of the wives and families of the married soldiers stationed in the fort; and excellent accommodation they afford. The Dalhousie Barracks, the finest in the fort, which are calculated to accommodate 800 men, are just visible in the corner. They are four stories high; and a poor soldier who was addicted to walking in his sleep one night fell from the top story upon the road below, at the very feet of the sentry on watch. He was of course killed, and so completely disfigured by the fall that the body could not be identified'. From "Illustrated London News", 1870.