'The Residency House, Lucknow', 1858 (c)

Lithograph from 'General Views and Special Points of Interest of the City of Lucknow', by R M Bryson, E Walker, F Jones after Lieutenant-Colonel D S Dodgson, published by Day and Son, 1 September 1860.

British soldiers camp in the Residency compound after the final capture of Lucknow in March 1858. One of the key battlegrounds of the Indian Mutiny (1857-1859), the rebels had began attacking the Residency compound on 4 July 1857. Sir Henry Lawrence, Chief Commissioner of Oudh, was killed almost immediately when a shell exploded in the room where he was resting. Command passed to Colonel John Inglis of the 32nd Foot, which formed the main British part of the garrison. The Residency itself stood on high ground above the River Gumti, overlooking the city.