The place in which Gen Neil was killed in the Chinese Bazaar.
photograph, photograph
Accession Number
NAM.1965-11-113-13
Description
Photograph: The place in which Gen Neil was killed in the Chinese Bazaar’, Lucknow, 1858 (c). Shows a heavily damaged courtyard at the Lal Bagh where the Chinese Bazarr was, with rubble in the foreground, and three men amongst the remains. Brigadier-General James Neil was shot and killed at Lucknow on 25 September 1857. Gen Neil had earlier put down a rebellion at Allahabad, before joining Sir Henry Havelock’s Lucknow relief column as commander of the 1st Infantry Brigade. One of 61 photographs by Felice Beato, Indian Mutiny (1857-1859).
Events
Lucknow, Siege of, 1857 (Indian Mutiny 1857-1859)
