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| Keywords: Secundra Bagh after Indian Mutiny.jpg Interior of the Secundra Bagh Lucknow after the Slaughter of 2 000 Rebels by the 93rd Highlanders and 4th Punjab Regiment First Attack of Sir Colin Campbell in November 1857 Lucknow Albumen silver print by Felice Beato 1858 Located on the outskirts of Lucknow it was the scene of intense fighting in November 1857 Following the action the British dead were buried in a deep trench but the Indian corpses were left to rot Later the city had to be evacuated and was not recaptured until March 1858 and it was shortly afterwards that Beato probably took this photograph As one contemporary commentator described it A few of their rebel bones and skulls are to be seen in front of the picture but when I saw them every one was being regularly buried so I presume the dogs dug them up A British officer Sir George Campbell noted in his memoirs Beato's presence in Lucknow and stated that he probably had the bones uncovered to be photographed However William Howard Russell of The Times recorded seeing many skeletons still lying around in April 1858 Photographic views of Lucknow taken after the Indian Mutiny Albumen silver print 26 2 x 29 8 cm The image was taken by Felice Beato a Corfiote by birth who visited India during the period of the Indian Mutiny or First War of Indian Independence; possibly on a commissioned by the War Office in London he made documentary photographs showing the damage to the buildings in Lucknow following the two sieges It is known that he was in Lucknow in March and April of 1858 within a few weeks of the capture of that city by British forces under Sir Colin Campbell His equipment was a large box camera using 10 x 12 plates which needed a long exposure and he made over 60 photographs of places in the city connected with the military events Beato also visited Delhi Cawnpore and other 'Mutiny' sites where he took photographs Source http //www brown edu/Facilities/University_Library/collections/askb/beato/beato html Brown University Library 1858-04 Creator Felice Beato PD-old-100 File Secundra _Bagh_after_Indian_Mutiny-m jpg File Image-Secundra Bagh after Indian Mutiny higher res jpg Uttar Pradesh in the 1850s Photographs by Felice Beato Human corpses Black and white photographs of ruins Historical images of Sikandar Bagh Albumen prints | ||||
