Kolikata before Calcutta

Kolikata before Calcutta

Kolikata before Calcutta

Kolkata

Kolikata before Calcutta

June 28, 2025,
6.00pm - 7.00pm

Alipore Museum

A reading session and walkthrough with ‘Job Charnock and the Potter’s Boy’ author Madhurima Vidyarthi, tracing her use of Solvyns’ images for a fictional retelling of the arrival of the East India Company, and the vibrant social milieu of a nascent city.

This event is a part of DAG’s exhibition ‘People of Bengal: Coloured Etchings by F. Baltazard Solvyns’ at the Alipore Museum.