"Siege of Lucknow"

by Thomas J Barker

Plate mark size: 30 x 53 inches - (approx 76
x 135 cm)

The Siege of Lucknow was the prolonged defence of the Residency within the city of Lucknow during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. After two successive relief attempts had reached the city, the defenders and civilians were evacuated from the Residency, which was abandoned.

Lucknow was the capital of the former state of Oudh. The prolonged defence there by the British proved to be one of the key episodes in the unsuccessful rebellion. Mainly there were issues of prestige and morale involved but Lucknow also became the point at which the main forces of both the British and rebels were concentrated