NAM.1971-02-33-495-6

Mutineers surprised by Her Majesty’s 9th Lancers. Coloured lithograph from 'The Campaign in India 1857-58 from drawings made during the eventful period of the Great Mutiny, illustrating the military operations before Delhi and its neighbourhood'. A series of 26 coloured lithographs by W Simpson, E Walker and others, after G F Atkinson, published by Day andSon, 1857-58. Associated with the Indian Mutiny (1857-1859). During the Indian Mutiny (1857-1859), the 9th Queen's Royal Lancers earned the nickname ‘the Delhi Spearmen’, a name which is believed to have been given to them by the mutineers themselves. They took part in the Siege of Delhi and the Relief of Lucknow.

Indian Mutiny (1857-1859)