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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Frank Clinger Scallan''' (1870 – November 1950) was an Anglo-Indian artist and writer who lived in [[Kolkata|Calcutta]]. He wrote several works looking at Indian history and was a member of the [[Calcutta Historical Society]].<br />
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Scallan was born in Calcutta and was educated at the [[Calcutta Boys' School]]. He worked at the [[Survey of India]] office. After his retirement he travelled through Europe and studied art at the [[Académie Julian]] in Paris under [[Jean-Paul Laurens]] (1838–1921). His art works were widely distributed as post cards and he exhibited at the [[Royal Scottish Academy]] and received a silver medal at the Calcutta Fine Art Exhibition (1924). His sketches included mainly Indian scenery but he also drew pictures of Venice and Italy.<ref>{{cite book|pages=68-69|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.111609/page/n83/mode/2up|title=Britains Betrayal in India. The story of the Anglo-Indian Community|author=Anthony, Frank |publisher=Allied Publishers|year=1969}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The story of the elusive man who made these fascinating pastel postcards of Calcutta| url=https://scroll.in/magazine/829156/the-story-of-the-elusive-man-who-made-these-fascinating-pastel-postcards-of-calcutta| author=Mukherjee, Sujaan|date=2 March 2017| publisher=Scroll }}</ref> He also helped work out the itinerary of the artists Thomas and William Daniell.<ref>{{cite journal|title=The Daniells in India. Appendix. A suggested itinerary of the Daniells in Bengal and upper India, 1788-1790|pages=1-70 |url= https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.48159/page/n65/mode/1up | journal=Bengal. Past and Present|volume=25|author=Cotton, H. E. A.}}</ref> The design of the logo of the [[Astronomical Society of India]] was made by Scallan.<ref>{{cite journal |year=1911 |title=The common Seal |url=https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.176893/page/102/mode/1up |journal=Journal of the Astronomical Society of India |volume=1 |page=102}}</ref> <br />
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File:The Pagoda from the Promenade (Eden Gardens) - Calcutta.jpg|Eden Gardens, Calcutta<br />
File:Jain Temple -Calcutta.jpg|Jain Temple, Calcutta<br />
File:A_rain-gambling_house_in_Calcutta,_from_The_Graphic,_1896.jpg|Rain-gambling in Calcutta<br />
File:A Monsoon Sunset - Calcutta.jpg|Calcutta postcard<br />
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