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The Relief of Lucknow, and the triumphant meeting of Havelock, Outram and Sir Colin Campbell, by C.G. Lewis
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After Thomas Jones Barker
The Relief of Lucknow, and the triumphant meeting of Havelock, Outram and Sir Colin Campbell, by C.G. Lewis
mixed method engraving, on india proof paper, early state before title, signed by Barker and Lewis in pencil, published by Thos. Agnew & Sons, Manchester, Liverpool and London, 1862
S. 56 x 33in. (142.3 x 83.8cm.)
The Relief of Lucknow, and the triumphant meeting of Havelock, Outram and Sir Colin Campbell, by C.G. Lewis
mixed method engraving, on india proof paper, early state before title, signed by Barker and Lewis in pencil, published by Thos. Agnew & Sons, Manchester, Liverpool and London, 1862
S. 56 x 33in. (142.3 x 83.8cm.)
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A rare early state signed by artist and engraver. The Indian Mutiny in 1857 was the first sign of disaffection with British rule. It erupted at Meerut, near Delhi, and spread rapidly across North India. At Lucknow, the European and Christian population retired into the heavily fortified British residency, guarded by a small force of loyal sepoys. Finally, in mid-November, Colin Campbell, Comander -in-chief, conducted the exhausted garrison out of the city. It was not finally re-occupied until March 1858. The defence and relief of the Lucknow Residency became, undersandably, a famous episode in British military annals. The print, after Thomas Jones Barker's painting in the National Gallery, London, portrays the encounter between the three most popular heroes of the campaign, Colin Campbell, James Outram, and General Sir Henry Havelock.