Sujet

The Ex-King of Oude (Lucknow), 1857. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

The Ex-King of Oude (Lucknow), 1857. 'The revenues of Oude were very large, and therefore the recently-deposed King lived in the greatest magnificence...Unfortunately for the people of Oude, the King was such a slave to opium and every species of dissipation that the finances and the army fell into the greatest disorder...The [British] public has been amused with a book entitled "Private Life of an Eastern King". This describes the champagne-drinking orgies, the tiger-baiting, partridge-fighting, and sensuality of Nusseer-ud-Deen, a predecessor and cousin of the ex-King of Oude'. From "Illustrated London News", 1857.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM23A76_425

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NA

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Droits gérés

Format disponible

13,8Mo (1,1Mo) / 16,6cm x 20,8cm / 1957 x 2458 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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