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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 Massacre of Cawnpore, 1857.

    1857

    Card mount displaying photographs | RCIN 2942110

    Card mount displaying four photographs (RCINs 2942110.a-d) relating to the Massacre of Cawnpore. Three photographs depict drawings of  the house at Cawnpore in which the massacre took place. The last photograph depicts 'the butcher of Cawnpore'. The photographs are captioned and accompanied by written content.

    • Creator(s)

      After Crump, Lieutenant, Madras Artillery (fl.1857) (artist)

      Mrs Archer (active 1857) (photographer)

      Subject(s)

      Butcher of Cawnpore' (fl.1857)
    • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

    • Subject(s)
      • Places
        • Asia
          • India
            • Uttar Pradesh [India]
              • Kanpur [Uttar Pradesh]
      • Social sciences
        • Military affairs
          • Wars, Campaigns & Battles
            • Wars
              • Wars of the nineteenth century
                • Indian Rebellion (1857-1858)
      • Natural Sciences & Mathematics
        • Biological sciences
          • Zoology
            • Animals
              • Birds
                • Birds of prey
                  • Vultures
      • Science, Medicine and Technology
        • Medical sciences
          • Anatomy
            • Skeleton
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