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Add MS 37153

Record Id:
032-002055724
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Add MS 37153
Title:

Twenty-six coloured views, accompanying the above diary, Add. MS. 37151, of buildings, etc., in Delhi, Cawnpore, Lucknow, Benares, Agra, and Amritsar, connected with the Indian Mutiny, in some cases from original drawings or photographs. The artist " Domo " is Miss Moore.

1.The Jumma Muzjid, Delhi, the largest mosque in the East.

2. " Wheeler's entrenchments [Cawnpore]. From an original sketch by Gen. Neile [James Neill] and correspondent of Illustrated London News, dated 17 Aug. 1857. Painted by Domo." See Add. MS. 37151, f. 88.

3. " Suttee Chowra, Cawnpore, Massacre Ghat, 27 June, 1857." By Domo, from a sketch by Thomas] M[oore]. See Add. MS. 37151, f. 74.

4-6. " The house [Cawnpore] in which our women were slaughtered by order of Nana Sahib on 16th July, 1857." By Domo, " from a drawing on the spot by Lieut. Crump, R.A." With the well, and the memorial erected over it.

7. Alum Bagh, Lucknow.

8. Tombs of Nawab Saadut Aly Khan, and his mother, and cupolas of the Kaiser Bagh [Lucknow].

9. Baillie guard gateway, Dr. Fayrer's house, hospital, Aitkin's post, clock-tower, [Lucknow]. By Domo, "from two drawings by [Lieut.] Macham [Mecham]." 10. The Residency, Lucknow. By Domo, " from drawing by [Lieut.] Meeham." 11. [Lucknow] : (a) Churchyard, (b) ',Anderson's house" and " Germon's judicial garrison," and (c) Redan battery.

12. Chutter Munzil palace, Lucknow. " From a photograph of April, 1858." See Add. MS. 37151, f. 83.

13. Dil Koosha palace [Lucknow].

14. La Martinière College [Lucknow]. See Add. MS. 37151, f. 64.

15. Secundra Bagh [Lucknow]. " By T[homas] and D[orothy] Moore from a photograph of 1858." 16. Shah Najeef [Lucknow], tomb of the first kino-, Ghazee-Ood- Deen-Hyder. " From a photo. lent by Sir G[eorge] Couper, Bart." 17. Khoorshed Munzil [Lucknow', " known in the Mutiny as H.M.

32 mess-house." " From photo. lent by Sir G. Couper." 18. Main gateway of Moti Mahal, King's palace [Lucknow], riverside. " Scene of historic meeting of [Sir] Colin [Campbell], Havelock, Outram, and Inglis." 19. Western gate of Kaiser Bagh, Lucknow.

20. Havelock's grave at Alum Bagh, Lucknow.

21. Gen. Sir Hugh Wheeler's bungalow, entrenchments thrown up by Neill, etc. [Cawnpore].

22. " Christmas eve, 1857, at Christ Church, Cawnpore." 23. Memorial church erected on the site of Wheeler's entrenchments [Cawnpore].

24. Benares, from across the river Ganges.

25. The Taj Mahal and fort, Agra.

26. " Golden Temple at Amritsa in the Punjab, the holy city of the Seikh religion." Calico roll. 53 ft. 1 in. X 2 ft. 10 3/4 in.

Scope & Content:

India: Drawings of buildings, etc., connected with the Indian mutiny: late 19th cent.

Art. Illuminations and Drawings ENGLISH: Views connected witli the Indian mutiny: late 19th cent.

Reverend Thomas Moore, chaplain at Cawnpore (d. 1903): Diary of events at Cawnpore, Lucknow, etc.: 1857-1858: Sketches and photographs, etc.

includes:

  • no. 1 Delhi, India: View of the Jumma Muzjid: late 19th cent.
  • no. 2 General James Neill: Painting from the above sketch.
  • nos. 2-6, 21-23 Cawnpore, India: Views connected with the mutiny: late 19th cent.
  • no. 4 Lieutenant Crump, Madras artillery: Painting from a sketch by, of the house of the massacre, Cawnpore: 1857.
  • nos. 7-20 Lucknow, India: Views connected with the mutiny: late 19th cent.
  • nos. 9, 10 Lieutenant Mecham, Madras army: Paintings from sketches by, of the Residency, Lucknow: 1857.
  • no. 24 Benares, India: View of: late 19th cent.
  • no. 25 Agra, India: View of Taj Mahal and fort: late 19th cent.
  • no. 26 Amritsar, India: View of the Golden Temple: late 19th cent.

Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
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Additional Manuscripts
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Record Type (Level):
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Languages:
English
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1857
End Date:
1858
Date Range:
1857-1858
Era:
CE
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Names:
Crump, Lieutenant; Madras artillery
Mecham, Lieutenant; Madras army
Moore, Thomas, clergyman, East India Company chaplain, c 1825-1903
Neill, James, General
Places:
Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India
Amritsar, India
Benares, India
Cawnpore, India
Delhi, India
India, Asia
Lucknow, India
Sikandra, Poona, Pune, Maharashtra, Mahārāshtra, Lucknow, Jerusalem, Yerushalayim, Israel, Fatehpur Sikri, Delhi, Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal, Cairo, Al Qāhirah, Egypt, Benares, Varanasi, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia, Africa