Sujet

'The City of Delhi Before The Siege', 1901. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

'The City of Delhi Before The Siege', 1901. Delhi was besieged and captured by the British in 1857 during the Indian Mutiny. The capture of the city from the mutineers was vital to the British due to its symbolic importance as the seat of India's Mughal rulers. From "The Life and Deeds of Earl Roberts, Vol. I. - To The End of the Indian Mutiny", by J. Maclaren Cobban. [T. C. & E. C. Jack, Edinburgh, 1901]

Date

1901

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM19F15_269

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

60,3Mo (2,5Mo) / 44,0cm x 34,3cm / 5199 x 4052 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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