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032-003041388 Subject Indian Uprising or Mutiny, 1857-58 Digitised Content Platform BL legacy Universal Viewer (unavailable)

1. Photo 27(7)

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Photo 27(7)
Title:
The Dilkusha, Lucknow. Photographer: Beato, Felice
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the main facade of the Dilkusha or Heart's Delight, a hunting box built by Saadat Ali Khan in classical European style with an Ionic prostyle portico flanked by an octagonal and a square tower on either side. The building was the scene of fierce ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1858
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 27(21)

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Photo 27(21)
Title:
[Sikh native officer, ?Lucknow.] Photographer: Beato, Felice
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Half-length portrait, lightly hand-coloured. This figure may be the officer identified as Man Singh in the preceding print. Subjects = Indian Army; military (general); Sikhs
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
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Not applicable
Date Range:
1858
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 27(3)

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Photo 27(3)
Title:
The Martinière College at Lucknow. Photographer: Beato, Felice
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View from the lake looking towards the building known as Constantia, built by General Claude Martin as a country retreat and mausoleum, and completed after his death in 1800. The tall fluted column standing in the lake in the foreground was a later addition, des...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1858
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 27(19)

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Photo 27(19)
Title:
[Elephant gun carriage, ?Lucknow.] Photographer: Beato, Felice
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events British officers posed in a front of an elephant-drawn gun carriage, probably photographed at Lucknow or Cawnpore (Kanpur). Subjects = animals; arms and armour; elephant gun carriages; elephants; gun carriages; military (general); military campaigns
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
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Not applicable
Date Range:
1858
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 27(1)

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Photo 27(1)
Title:
The Gate of the Residency & the clock tower opposite [Lucknow]. Photographer: Beato, Felice
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events This appears to be no. 38 in the Lucknow and Delhi section of the catalogue of Beato views published by Hering in London and titled 'Bailee Guard-gate, taken from the inside, showing the Clock Tower'. The Baillie Guard Gate dominates the foreground of the photograph. ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1858
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 27(2)

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Photo 27(2)
Title:
The inside of the Secundra Bagh where 2000 men were killed [Lucknow]. Photographer: Beato, Felice
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events No. 13 in the Lucknow and Cawnpore section of the published catalogue of Beato views, entitled: 'Interior of the Secundra Bagh after the slaughter of 2,000 rebels by the 93rd Highlanders and the 4th Punjab Regt. - First attack of Sir Colin Campbell in November, 1857'. V...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1858
Extent:
1 item

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