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FELICE BEATO

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FELICE BEATO

Hodson's Horse

Albumen print. 1858.

9 x 10¾ in. (22.8 x 27.5 cm.)

Provenance

Sir William Russell, 2nd Baronet;
by descent;
Christie's, London, Photographs, The Property of the Late Lady Jewel Magnus-Allcroft, 20 October 1993, lot 67 (part lot)

Literature

See: Dehejia et al, India Through The Lens, pp. 118 and 147 (no. 59)
See: Worswick & Embree, The Last Empire, p. 13 (there vignetted)

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Lot Essay

This group shows Sikh cavalrymen from the Horse Regiment and Pathans with Lieut. H.C. Mecham and Assistant Surgeon Dr. Thomas Anderson. The Sikh horsemen remained loyal to the British during the Indian Revolt. The title of the photograph refers to William Hodson, the officer who was responsible for murdering the two sons of the king of Delhi, after their surrender.

See also lot numbers 2, 5, 61-63 and 74

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