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Description: | Part of a portfolio of photographs taken in 1858 by Major Robert Christopher Tytler and his wife, Harriet, at Delhi, Lucknow and Cawnpore in the aftermath of the Uprising of 1857. The Lahore Gate was the principal entrance of the Red Fort or Lal Qila, built by Emperor Shah Jahan in 1639. This was the site where the collector, commissioner and magistrate of Delhi and other Europeans were killed by insurgents at the outbreak of the Uprising of 1857 on 11 May 1857. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Subjects: | Road Transport Bullock Carts Science And Technology Architecture War And Conflict | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Tytler, Robert and Harriet | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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