Title
Siege of Lucknow, India, 1857, (1893). Artist: Unknown
Caption
Siege of Lucknow, India, 1857, (1893). In 1857, Lucknow, the capital of the state of Oudh, was the scene of a historic defence by the British during the Sepoy Mutiny (Indian Mutiny/First War of Indian Independence) against British rule. The Siege of Lucknow was one of the key episodes in the unsuccessful rebellion. An engraving from James Taylor's The Age We Live In: A History of the Nineteenth Century, From the Peace of 1815 to the Present Time, William Mackenzie, (London, 1893).
The Print Collector collection
Date
1893
Credit line
Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector
Reference
HRM19C12_376
Model release
No
License type
Rights managed
Available size
49,0Mb (4,3Mb) / 16,6in x 11,4in / 4990 x 3433 (300dpi)