Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata,
is holding an exhibition

"INDIAN LIFE AND LANDSCAPE
BY WESTERN ARTISTS"
PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS FROM
ITS OWN COLLECTION

From 20 December 2009 for public view
from 10.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m.
(Note: The exhibition shall remain closed on Mondays and other Government Holidays)

Inaugurated on 19th December 2009 at 6.00 p.m. at Victoria Memorial,
in the presence of
Jawhar Sircar, Secretary, Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India;
Mark Jones, Director. V&A Museum;
Bina Sarkar Ellias, Editor-Publisher Gallerie International

(This exhibition was inaugurated along with an exhibition on the same theme from the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum, UK, which ended on 31st Jan. 2010) 

 A painting on display at the exhibition 
 
"Going to the front 1878" by W.C. Horseley, oil on canvas 
A print on display at the exhibition  
 
"Indian artisans constructing model of Howrah station..."  

An exhibition on "Museum and Social Harmony"- at the Portrait Gallery

     An exhibition of Oil Paintings
in the collection of
the Victoria Memorial Hall,
Calcutta.
Restored in collaboration with
the Calcutta Tercentenary Trust,
London
 Venue: Darbar Hall. (Still on display)
It was inaugurated on Saturday, 20th January 2001
by the British High Commissioner, Sir Rob Young
in the presence of His Excellency Sri V. J. Shah, the then Governor of West Bengal. 

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