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Collection Online as of April 19, 2024

Lucknow. Residence

Lucknow. Residence

1890
(Zurich, active c. 1890–1910)
India, 19th century
Photochrom
Image: 20.6 x 26.7 cm (8 1/8 x 10 1/2 in.); Paper: 20.6 x 26.7 cm (8 1/8 x 10 1/2 in.)
Purchase from the Karl B. Goldfield Trust 2018.219
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

Photochrom is an ink-based process that produces color images from black-and-white photographic negatives.

Description

The Residence, several buildings that housed and served colonial officials, was put under siege during the Indian Rebellion of 1857 against the British East India Company. The British regained control in 1858 but left the ruins as a memorial to their fallen compatriots.
  • Bruno Tartarin, Photovintagefrance, Lorraine, France
    September 4, 2018
    the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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