Plate 12. Rear view of the residency, from the churchyard. It is impossible to convey an adequate idea of the battering which this side of the residency underwent. Formerly a handsome two-storied verandah extended along the whole right of the building, which looks so bare in the sketch. This was first knocked to pieces, and then razed altogether, by the enemy’s round shot; and it is quite out of my power to give in words a conception of the utter desolation which it presented while hanging in ruins, prior to its final fall. It served, however, to protect the main body of the building, which, without this bulwark, would probably have come down altogether. As it was, it by no means escaped scathless, as the reader will perceive. It was from round shot sent into the residency, from this side, that so many men— poor young studdie, of the 32nd, among the number— were killed and wounded in the centre of the building. The road between the figure in the foreground and the tower was exposed to the enemy’s musketry. They could see our fellows crossing; and a man could seldom get over without having his movements accelerated by a heavy fire. Sketches & incidents of the siege of lucknow. From drawings made during the siege, by clifford henry mecham, lieutenant madras army, with descriptive notices by george couper, esq. Late secretary to the chief commissioner of oude. First edition, tinted lithographed title with vignette, 27 views on 17 tinted lithographed plates, folio, day & son, published 1 oct 1858. Object Type: print. Date: 1 October 1858. Place of creation: London. Dimensions: height: 57 cm (22.4 in); width: 37 cm (14.5 in). Medium: lithograph. P12. Rear view of the Residency, from the Churchyard (cropped)
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