OLD FORT GAUT, CALCUTTA WITHIN the walls of this fort is the black hole, whose name is eternized by the sufferings of Mr. Holwell and his ill-fated companions in 1756. The low range of buildings attached to the fort consists of warehouses belonging to the East India Company. The Gaut, or flight of steps leading from the river, is usually the landing place, where strangers are immediately surrounded by palankeens, and a train of natives, importuning them to accept their respective services. colour print from the book ' A Picturesque Voyage to India by Way of China ' by Thomas Daniell, and
OLD FORT GAUT, CALCUTTA WITHIN the walls of this fort is the black hole, whose name is eternized by the sufferings of Mr. Holwell and his ill-fated companions in 1756. The low range of buildings attached to the fort consists of warehouses belonging to the East India Company. The Gaut, or flight of steps leading from the river, is usually the landing place, where strangers are immediately surrounded by palankeens, and a train of natives, importuning them to accept their respective services. colour print from the book ' A Picturesque Voyage to India by Way of China ' by Thomas Daniell, and William Daniell, London : Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, and William Daniell by Thomas Davison, 1810. The Daniells' original watercolors for the scenes depicted herein are now at the Yale Center for British Art, Department of Rare Books and Manuscripts,
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