‘View taken from the Residency’, 1858 circa (litho)

‘View taken from the Residency’, 1858 circa. Lithograph by E Walker, from ‘General Views and Special Points of Interest of the City of Lucknow’, a series of 27 coloured lithographs by R M Bryson, E Walker, F Jones after Lieutenant-Colonel D S Dodgson, published by Day and Son, 1 September 1860. The epic siege and subsequent relief of Lucknow was one of the most famous episodes of the Indian Mutiny (1857-1859). This view from the Residency building shows British troops parading in the grounds next to a gun emplacement facing the road leading down to the Baillie Guard Gate. The buildings surrounding the Residency, including the Kaiser Bagh (here shown to the right), were all occupied by the mutineers during the siege.