View of 'the Angel of Pity' from the North
photograph, photograph
Accession Number
NAM.1976-09-60-7
Description
Photograph: View of 'the Angel of Pity' from the North. Back view of an angel statue in white marble, 'the Angel of Pity', standing on a pedestal inside an octagonal, gothic screen. Part of an inscription can be seen on the capital of the pedestal. Baron Marochetti was commissioned to create the angel by Lord and Lady Canning at their own expense. Lord Canning had been Governor General during the time of the Indian Mutiny. The memorial commemorates people who were massacred by the rebel Nana Dhoondoo Panth of Bithoor on 15th Jul 1857. Associated with Indian Mutiny (1857-1859). From an album of 37 photographs taken by a Cawnpore photographer, 1947.
Events
Cawnpore, Siege of, 1857 (Indian Mutiny 1857-1859)
Associated collection
