The General’s Tent and Mess Tent. Head Quarter Camp

1857

Tinted lithograph on paper

Print Size: 9.75 x 14.25 in (24.5 x 36 cm)
Sheet Size: 10.25 x 15.25 in (26.2 x 38.5 cm)
With Mount: 16.5 x 21.5 in (42.1 x 54.5 cm)

One of 14 tinted lithographs by Brevet Major J R Turnbull, 13th Light Infantry, from Sketches of Delhi Taken During the Siege,, published by T McLean, 1858.

By 14 September 1857, the British had about 9,000 men before Delhi. A third were British, while the rest were Sikhs, Punjabis, and Gurkhas. The assault began when artillery breached the city walls and sappers blew in the Kashmir Gate. A week of fierce street fighting ultimately led to the capture of Delhi. The British and their Indian allies then ransacked the city in an orgy of looting and killing. Delhi’s capture was key to British suppression of the Indian Mutiny (1857-1859).

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