Bombay University and Government Buildings 1883 heritage art print

BOMBAY UNIVERSITY
AND GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS
BOMBAY (1883)
This view is of fenced public space of Oval Maidan with a number of buildings in the distance. Pictured
on the left is the Bombay High Court, an ornate building with its distinctive central tower and arched
windows. Designed by General J.A. Fuller, the Bombay High Court was completed in 1878. To the right
is the Rajabai Clock Tower and Bombay University campus buildings, both designed by British Architect
Sir Gilbert Scott. Also visible in the foreground is the Government Secretariat building designed by
Colonel H St. Clair Wilkins and completed 1874.
Buildings were built majestically and designed in the Victorian Gothic traditional style fronting, what was
in the 1860s, the western sea front of Bombay, across the Esplanade.
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GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT , BOMBAY (1883)