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India - History - Sepoy Rebellion, 1857-1858

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  • Kānpur, India: the memorial to the massacre of 1857. Photograph attributed to S. Bourne, 186-.
  • Indian Rebellion: wounded soldiers convalescing at Dagshai, India. Tinted lithograph by T. Picken, 1859, after G.F. Atkinson.
  • Sepoy Rebellion: British officers travelling in panniers on the backs of camels and borne in a litter by Indian men. Tinted lithograph by W. Simpson, 1859, after G.F. Atkinson.
  • The execution of twelve mutineers at Peshawar; guards on horseback and guards holding spears; mountains in the background. Wood engraving, 1857.
  • Indian Rebellion: ambulancemen and soldiers searching for and assisting the wounded. Coloured lithograph by A. Laby, 1859, after G.F. Atkinson.
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Catalogue

    • Pictures

    The Indian Rebellion, 1857: after the siege of Lucknow. Photographs by Felice Beato, ca. 1858.

    Beato, Felice, 1832-1909. | Date: 1858 | Reference: 574464i
    • Pictures

    The execution of twelve mutineers at Peshawar; guards on horseback and guards holding spears; mountains in the background. Wood engraving, 1857.

    | Date: [1857] | Reference: 579972i
    • Books

    The skull of Alum Bheg : the life and death of a rebel of 1857 / Kim A. Wagner.

    Wagner, Kim A. | Date: 2017
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    • Online

    Indian Rebellion: wounded soldiers convalescing at Dagshai, India. Tinted lithograph by T. Picken, 1859, after G.F. Atkinson.

    Atkinson, George Francklin. | Date: [1859] | Reference: 20705i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    Kānpur, India: the memorial to the massacre of 1857. Photograph attributed to S. Bourne, 186-.

    Bourne, Samuel, 1834-1912. | Date: [between 1860 and 1869?] | Reference: 574835i
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