The Secundra Bagh showing the breach of gateway, Lucknow, 1858

Photograph by Felice Beato (1825-1907), Indian Mutiny, 1858.

The image depicts the exterior wall of the Secundra Bagh, a small, walled garden on the outskirts of the city of Lucknow. The figure standing in profile on the right of the building marks the position of a breach which was opened on 16 November 1857, allowing the British to gain access to the garden.