Lucknow after the Siege

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Lucknow after the Siege
38 albumen prints. 1858. Numbered in pencil and/or ink on verso.
Each approximately 10 x 12 in. (25.4 x 30.5 cm.) or the reverse. (38)

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 70

Literature

See: Dehejia et al, India Through The Lens, pp. 138, 141, 146
See: Desmond, Victorian India in Focus, pl. 52
See: Worswick & Embree, The Last Empire, p. 63

Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

A series of views of Lucknow and environs showing the extent of damage to buildings and landscape after the Indian Revolt.

See also lot numbers 2, 4-5, 61-63

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