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![The burial-ground at Lucknow, 1864. Engraving from a photograph. 'View of the Burial-ground in the Bailey Guard'. From "Illustrated London News", 1864. Stock Photo](https://c7.alamy.com/zooms/9/301cc14464aa43538a549c65268837dd/2x21tf9.jpg "The burial-ground at Lucknow, 1864. Engraving from a photograph. 'View of the Burial-ground in the Bailey Guard'. From "Illustrated London News", 1864. Stock Photo")
![Four portraits, 1898. 'Dr. J. K. [John Kells] Ingram; Vice-Provost of Trinity College, Dublin, author of the ballad "Who Fears to Speak of '98?"; Stepney's new M.P. Mr. W. C. [William Charles] Steadman, secretary to the Bargebuilders' Union, member of the London County Council; the late Sir George Lawson, Assistant-Under-Secretary of State for War, Private Secretary to General Peel and Sir John Pakington during their respective tenures of office as Secretary of State for War, Assistant-Director of Supplies and Transport, sent to South Africa to deal with the war expenses of the Zulu Stock Photo](https://c7.alamy.com/zooms/9/a73b8677c79d4161ba144ae4f68a7c11/3e820a0.jpg "Four portraits, 1898. 'Dr. J. K. [John Kells] Ingram; Vice-Provost of Trinity College, Dublin, author of the ballad "Who Fears to Speak of '98?"; Stepney's new M.P. Mr. W. C. [William Charles] Steadman, secretary to the Bargebuilders' Union, member of the London County Council; the late Sir George Lawson, Assistant-Under-Secretary of State for War, Private Secretary to General Peel and Sir John Pakington during their respective tenures of office as Secretary of State for War, Assistant-Director of Supplies and Transport, sent to South Africa to deal with the war expenses of the Zulu Stock Photo")
![Memorial Cross of the 8th (King's) Regiment, on the Grand Parade, Portsmouth, 1864. 'The cross, designed and constructed by Mr. Leifchild, is intended to commemorate the services and death of the 243 officers, non-commissioned officers, and private soldiers lost by the regiment while engaged in these arduous and glorious operations...[ie the victories of Ramilies, Oudenard, and Malplaquet; the relief of Lucknow; the repulse of the attack on Agra; the defeat of the Gwalior Contingent at Cawnpore; the action of the Kalee Nuddee; the capture of Delhi, and occupation of Futtehghur]. The shaft and Stock Photo](https://c7.alamy.com/zooms/9/c687f2b1235a41479fcf547d6b76d032/2wrgtga.jpg "Memorial Cross of the 8th (King's) Regiment, on the Grand Parade, Portsmouth, 1864. 'The cross, designed and constructed by Mr. Leifchild, is intended to commemorate the services and death of the 243 officers, non-commissioned officers, and private soldiers lost by the regiment while engaged in these arduous and glorious operations...[ie the victories of Ramilies, Oudenard, and Malplaquet; the relief of Lucknow; the repulse of the attack on Agra; the defeat of the Gwalior Contingent at Cawnpore; the action of the Kalee Nuddee; the capture of Delhi, and occupation of Futtehghur]. The shaft and Stock Photo")
![The late General John Liptrott, an Indian officer of sixty years' active service, 1890. 'This veteran military officer...served...forty-two years in India without once coming home. He...joined the 31st Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry in February 1829. In 1839 he was transferred, as second in command, to the 3rd Local Horse, afterwards the 3rd Irregular Cavalry, and with this regiment he served through the Afghan campaign of 1842, with Pollock's army...[He] served through the Sutlej campaigns. He had his horse shot under him at the battle of Aliwal. In reward for his conduct in the Khyber Pa Stock Photo](https://c7.alamy.com/zooms/9/a908b3f5d8d64bd6875a7936082fa819/3d7xjbf.jpg "The late General John Liptrott, an Indian officer of sixty years' active service, 1890. 'This veteran military officer...served...forty-two years in India without once coming home. He...joined the 31st Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry in February 1829. In 1839 he was transferred, as second in command, to the 3rd Local Horse, afterwards the 3rd Irregular Cavalry, and with this regiment he served through the Afghan campaign of 1842, with Pollock's army...[He] served through the Sutlej campaigns. He had his horse shot under him at the battle of Aliwal. In reward for his conduct in the Khyber Pa Stock Photo")
![Statue of Sir James Outram, Thames Embankment, [London], 1871. 'The bronze statue of Lieutenant-General Sir James Outram, erected in the gardens of the Thames Embankment...is of heroic size (the figure being 12 ft. in height), and stands upon a pedestal of Aberdeen granite...The General is represented as calmly standing on a battlefield, and looking stedfastly at the work going on under his direction. His right hand leans upon his sword; in his left he holds a telescope; a burst gun, with shattered shot and shell, and a helmet lie at his feet. Mr. Matthew Noble is the sculptor of this statue. Stock Photo](https://c7.alamy.com/zooms/9/e62b6a0154324af3b8779af6d41cc732/2y3byn4.jpg "Statue of Sir James Outram, Thames Embankment, [London], 1871. 'The bronze statue of Lieutenant-General Sir James Outram, erected in the gardens of the Thames Embankment...is of heroic size (the figure being 12 ft. in height), and stands upon a pedestal of Aberdeen granite...The General is represented as calmly standing on a battlefield, and looking stedfastly at the work going on under his direction. His right hand leans upon his sword; in his left he holds a telescope; a burst gun, with shattered shot and shell, and a helmet lie at his feet. Mr. Matthew Noble is the sculptor of this statue. Stock Photo")
![Colonel Sir J. C. M'Leod, K.C.B., 42nd Highlanders, 1874. Engraving from a photograph by Messrs. Elliott and Fry. 'Her Majesty has conferred a knighthood upon Colonel John Chetham M'Leod, the commanding officer of the 42nd Royal Highlanders, the "Black Watch," in the Ashantee War...He...commanded the left attack at the battle of Amoaful, on Jan. 31, the expedition to Becqua and destruction of that place...He afterwards, with the 42nd Royal Highlanders, a gun, and rocket detachment, forced the position; and, pressing the fugitives with the Highlanders, entered Coomassie [ie Kumasi] th Stock Photo](https://c7.alamy.com/zooms/9/5c80d2a397194c1b99444f19303a8208/3bj5h9n.jpg "Colonel Sir J. C. M'Leod, K.C.B., 42nd Highlanders, 1874. Engraving from a photograph by Messrs. Elliott and Fry. 'Her Majesty has conferred a knighthood upon Colonel John Chetham M'Leod, the commanding officer of the 42nd Royal Highlanders, the "Black Watch," in the Ashantee War...He...commanded the left attack at the battle of Amoaful, on Jan. 31, the expedition to Becqua and destruction of that place...He afterwards, with the 42nd Royal Highlanders, a gun, and rocket detachment, forced the position; and, pressing the fugitives with the Highlanders, entered Coomassie [ie Kumasi] th Stock Photo")
![Plan of the Attack on Delhi, 1857. Map of the city during the period of the Indian Mutiny, showing Ludlow Castle, the River Jumna, Custom House, and section of ditch and rampart. From "Illustrated London News", 1857. Stock Photo](https://c7.alamy.com/zooms/9/05af99cc61684f73a7bfae329b585930/2r8y397.jpg "Plan of the Attack on Delhi, 1857. Map of the city during the period of the Indian Mutiny, showing Ludlow Castle, the River Jumna, Custom House, and section of ditch and rampart. From "Illustrated London News", 1857. Stock Photo")
!['The Indian Mutiny, 1857-58: Outram and Havelock meeting Roberts after the Relief of Lucknow, November 17, 1857', (1901). Episode during the British colonial period: officers Major General Sir James Outram, Major General Henry Havelock and Frederick Roberts at Lucknow in India after the evacuation of the besieged British Residency. From "The Illustrated London News Record of the Glorious Reign of Queen Victoria 1837-1901: The Life and Accession of King Edward VII. and the Life of Queen Alexandra". [London, 1901] Stock Photo](https://c7.alamy.com/zooms/9/531478a2fcd24fc78b636ba9f68a723e/w6p7a1.jpg "'The Indian Mutiny, 1857-58: Outram and Havelock meeting Roberts after the Relief of Lucknow, November 17, 1857', (1901). Episode during the British colonial period: officers Major General Sir James Outram, Major General Henry Havelock and Frederick Roberts at Lucknow in India after the evacuation of the besieged British Residency. From "The Illustrated London News Record of the Glorious Reign of Queen Victoria 1837-1901: The Life and Accession of King Edward VII. and the Life of Queen Alexandra". [London, 1901] Stock Photo")
!['The Indian Mutiny, 1857-58: The Storming of the Cashmir Gate, Delhi, September 14, 1857', (1901). Episode during the British colonial period. The capture of the city of Delhi from the mutineers was vital to the British due to its symbolic importance as the seat of India's Mughal rulers. Here we see fierce fighting at the Kashmiri Gate, the northern gate in the city walls. From "The Illustrated London News Record of the Glorious Reign of Queen Victoria 1837-1901: The Life and Accession of King Edward VII. and the Life of Queen Alexandra". [London, 1901] Stock Photo](https://c7.alamy.com/zooms/9/1e0b1bf49e424d2694bbe54a2da9458c/w6p7a6.jpg "'The Indian Mutiny, 1857-58: The Storming of the Cashmir Gate, Delhi, September 14, 1857', (1901). Episode during the British colonial period. The capture of the city of Delhi from the mutineers was vital to the British due to its symbolic importance as the seat of India's Mughal rulers. Here we see fierce fighting at the Kashmiri Gate, the northern gate in the city walls. From "The Illustrated London News Record of the Glorious Reign of Queen Victoria 1837-1901: The Life and Accession of King Edward VII. and the Life of Queen Alexandra". [London, 1901] Stock Photo")
![The Ex-Queen of Oude (Lucknow), 1857. Begum Hazrat Mahal was the second wife of Nawab of Awadh Wajid Ali Shah, and the regent of Awadh. She is known for the leading role she played in the rebellion against the British East India Company during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. '...the nails and palms of the hands, are stained with the rouge-coloured henna; while the black of the eyelids is also heightened artificially, and the stray hairs of the eyebrow are carefully subjected to the depilatory instrument, and the hair is smoothed and perfumed with jessamine oil...'. From "Illustrated London Stock Photo](https://c7.alamy.com/zooms/9/0ea2584cbfff4189b4e31c65bc08e8b5/2r8y38y.jpg "The Ex-Queen of Oude (Lucknow), 1857. Begum Hazrat Mahal was the second wife of Nawab of Awadh Wajid Ali Shah, and the regent of Awadh. She is known for the leading role she played in the rebellion against the British East India Company during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. '...the nails and palms of the hands, are stained with the rouge-coloured henna; while the black of the eyelids is also heightened artificially, and the stray hairs of the eyebrow are carefully subjected to the depilatory instrument, and the hair is smoothed and perfumed with jessamine oil...'. From "Illustrated London Stock Photo")
![The Storming of Delhi, the Cashmere Gate, 1857. 'This spirited Engraving, from an original Sketch, represents tha exciting scene of the storming of Delhi, at the Cashmere gate, by our brave troops. The name of the young hero, Salkeld, of the Engineers, who fixed and fired the charge which blew in the gate, will be ever memorable in connection with this daring and brave achievement'. From "Illustrated London News", 1857. Stock Photo](https://c7.alamy.com/zooms/9/a9e66a2138ea40fbb3d193b7335d039f/2r8y39b.jpg "The Storming of Delhi, the Cashmere Gate, 1857. 'This spirited Engraving, from an original Sketch, represents tha exciting scene of the storming of Delhi, at the Cashmere gate, by our brave troops. The name of the young hero, Salkeld, of the Engineers, who fixed and fired the charge which blew in the gate, will be ever memorable in connection with this daring and brave achievement'. From "Illustrated London News", 1857. Stock Photo")
![House at Arrah Fortified against the Dinapore Mutineers - from a sketch by Major V. Eyre, 1857. 'A lithograph of the house, from a sketch by Major V. Eyre, has been published at Calcutta, whence our View has been engraved. The lithograph bears the following superscription: "Sketch of the House at Arrah. Fortified by Mr. Boyle, District Engineer, E. I. [East India] Railway, and defended by him and Mr. Wake, Magistrate, with 50 Sikhs and the English residents, for seven days against three mutinous regiments from Dinapore. Siege raised 3rd August, 1857. Print dedicated to the heroic garrison Stock Photo](https://c7.alamy.com/zooms/9/dfe2fce9b28749939ad507877da55cd8/2r8y38g.jpg "House at Arrah Fortified against the Dinapore Mutineers - from a sketch by Major V. Eyre, 1857. 'A lithograph of the house, from a sketch by Major V. Eyre, has been published at Calcutta, whence our View has been engraved. The lithograph bears the following superscription: "Sketch of the House at Arrah. Fortified by Mr. Boyle, District Engineer, E. I. [East India] Railway, and defended by him and Mr. Wake, Magistrate, with 50 Sikhs and the English residents, for seven days against three mutinous regiments from Dinapore. Siege raised 3rd August, 1857. Print dedicated to the heroic garrison Stock Photo")
![Interview at Sealkote, on the 9th March, between the Maharajah Runjeet [sic] Singh of Cashmere and His Excellency Lord Canning - from a sketch by Mr. Simpson, 1860. British imperialists at Sialkot India, (now in Pakistan). 'Maharajah Rumbeer Singh is the son of the well-known Maharajah Gholab Singh, to whom the valley of Cashmere was made over by treaty by the British Government, when the whole of the Punjaub was at the disposal of Government, in 1846, after the victories of Lords Gough and Lord Hardinge...During the mutiny in 1857 Maharajah Rumbeer Singh sent a force to co-operate with the Br Stock Photo](https://c7.alamy.com/zooms/9/40180f1287a74eda9a18a47258afcfd6/2t1dfty.jpg "Interview at Sealkote, on the 9th March, between the Maharajah Runjeet [sic] Singh of Cashmere and His Excellency Lord Canning - from a sketch by Mr. Simpson, 1860. British imperialists at Sialkot India, (now in Pakistan). 'Maharajah Rumbeer Singh is the son of the well-known Maharajah Gholab Singh, to whom the valley of Cashmere was made over by treaty by the British Government, when the whole of the Punjaub was at the disposal of Government, in 1846, after the victories of Lords Gough and Lord Hardinge...During the mutiny in 1857 Maharajah Rumbeer Singh sent a force to co-operate with the Br Stock Photo")
