Victoria and Albert collected photographs that documented the political and military events that defined a period of global expansion
AFTER CRUMP, LIEUTENANT, MADRAS ARTILLERY (FL.1857)
'The House (Artillery Barrack) defended by Sir Hugh Wheeler', The Massacre of Cawnpore
1857Albumen print | 14.5 x 19.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2942110.a
Photograph of a drawing of the Artillery Barracks defended by Sir Hugh Wheeler (1789-1857). There is a bird, possibly the scavenger bird the greater adjutant, in the lower right corner and skeletal remains in the foreground and middle ground.
On the mount displaying the photographs is a statement reading: 'Extract of a Letter/ from Dr Mouat to Sir James Clark,/ dated Calcutta, Nov. 10, 1857./ "I sent you photographs of the/ House at Cawnpore in which the/ unfortunate women and children/ were massacred, and a view of the/ Entrenched Camp of General Wheler [sic],/ taken from a sap driven by the/ Mutineers. They are photographed/ from drawings by an officer (Lieut./ Crump) of the Madras Artillery,/ who has since been killed at Lucknow./ Will you kindly present these/ drawings for me to His Royal/ Highness the Prince Consort, as I think they may interest our/ gracious and beloved Sovereign."
On the mount displaying the photographs is a statement reading: 'Extract of a Letter/ from Dr Mouat to Sir James Clark,/ dated Calcutta, Nov. 10, 1857./ "I sent you photographs of the/ House at Cawnpore in which the/ unfortunate women and children/ were massacred, and a view of the/ Entrenched Camp of General Wheler [sic],/ taken from a sap driven by the/ Mutineers. They are photographed/ from drawings by an officer (Lieut./ Crump) of the Madras Artillery,/ who has since been killed at Lucknow./ Will you kindly present these/ drawings for me to His Royal/ Highness the Prince Consort, as I think they may interest our/ gracious and beloved Sovereign."
Creator(s)
After Crump, Lieutenant, Madras Artillery (fl.1857) (artist)
14.5 x 19.5 cm (image)
73.3 x 56.0 cm (mount)
- Presented to Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Places
- Asia
- India
- Uttar Pradesh [India]
- Kanpur [Uttar Pradesh]
- Uttar Pradesh [India]
- India
- Asia
- Social sciences
- Military affairs
- Wars, Campaigns & Battles
- Wars
- Wars of the nineteenth century
- Indian Rebellion (1857-1858)
- Wars of the nineteenth century
- Wars
- Wars, Campaigns & Battles
- Military affairs
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
- Biological sciences
- Zoology
- Animals
- Birds
- Birds of prey
- Vultures
- Birds of prey
- Birds
- Animals
- Zoology
- Biological sciences
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Medical sciences
- Anatomy
- Skeleton
- Anatomy
- Medical sciences
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Places
