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Description: | View of the ruined building f the Lucknow Residency, photographed by Shepherd and Robertson, c. 1863. The Residency Building, built c.1800 for the British Resident in Lucknow, was a key site of the Siege of Lucknow during the Uprising of 1857. It was sieged twice then recaptured in March 1858 by British forces under Sir Colin Campbell. Approximately 3000 British inhabitants took refuge within the complex. The surviving ruins of the Residency convey the grandeur of the original structure and provide an insight to the the events of 1857. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Shepherd and Robertson | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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