Photograph of a of drawing showing the exterior of the house, including a view of well into which the bodies were thrown during the Massacre of Cawnpore.

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."