After Crump, Lieutenant, Madras Artillery (fl.1857)
'Interior of the House in which the Cawnpore Massacre was perpetrated', The Massacre of Cawnpore 1857
Albumen print | 14.2 x 20.0 cm (image) | RCIN 2942110.b
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Photograph of a drawing of the interior of the house where the Cawnpore Massacre occurred. There are broken pots, books and other objects strewn across the floor.
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."Provenance
Presented to Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
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Medium and techniques
Albumen print
Measurements
14.2 x 20.0 cm (image)
73.3 x 56.0 cm (mount)