Sujet

Cawnpore Memorial Well, Kanpur

Légende

Close up of the angel statue and cross on a stepped plinth at Cawnpore Memorial Well in Kanpur. The monument commemorates the burial place, a dry well, of some two hundred European and Eurasian women and children hostages who were murdered on 16 July 1857 during the Indian Rebellion. Inscribed on negative: Frith's Series. 3062 Cawnpore; Memorial Wells. Caption reads: Memorial Well, Cawnpore.

Date

1880

Crédit

Photo12/UIG/Bristol Archives/Dring collection

Notre référence

UMG24A02_281

Model release

Non

Property release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

48,8Mo (1,6Mo) / 31,3cm x 39,0cm / 3700 x 4608 (300dpi)

Mots clés

close up angel statue cross stepped plinth cawnpore memorial well kanpur the monument commemorates burial place dry well some two hundred european eurasian women children hostages murdered 16 july 1857 during indian rebellion inscribed negative frith s series 3062 cawnpore memorial wells caption reads memorial well cawnpore india historical content history