The Indian Mutiny 1857 to 1858.
Military art prints of the Indian Mutiny by Thomas Jones Barker, Harry
Payne, Mark Churms, and David Rowlands. including Giclee Canvas
prints all published by Cranston Fine arts The Military Art print
Company
The Mutiny started in Meerut, with the news reaching the British at Simla on
the 12th of May 1857, Troops were moved to re-take the city of Delhi which
was in the hands of the Mutineers, After a three month siege the City was taken
on the 14th of September 1857. Lucknow was more of a succession of
operations starting the the defence of the residency. the reinforcement of
the garrison, the withdrawal of women and children from the Garrison, and
finally the siege and capture of Lucknow (May 1857 to March 1858). There
was some small number of smaller clashes and putting down revolts by mutineers
in Central India.
 | Relief of Lucknow, 1858
 | In the annals of war there are few achievements more heroic
than the defence and relief of Lucknow. For nearly six
months the garrison withstood repeated attacks of an overwhelming
force and suffered hunger and sickness with a courage that won
them an imperishable name. In the summer of 1857 the country
between Delhi and Allahabad was in the hands of the rebels, and
Lucknow and Cawnpore were besieged by men whom we had armed and
trained for war. Betrayed by native gunners the defenders of
Lucknow had to abandon the fort in the city and to seek the refuge
of the Residency. Here they were invested from the 1st of
July until the 23rd of September, when the guns of havelock
thundered at the gates of the city. Through the enemy's
country he had marched with fourteen hundred men and a few
Sikhs. Fierce heat and torrential rains barred his progress,
while clouds of rebel horse and foot harassed him at every
turn. But Havelock's was an avenging force and it swept
through the land with a sword of flame until the massacre of
Cawnpore was wiped out in blood. For a moment it appeared as
though vengeance must halt at the hecatomb of Nana Sahib.
Exhausted by long marches and continuous engagements the devoted
little band was compelled to recross the Ganges, and to rest for
one month at Cawnpore. Here cholera was added to the number
of their enemies and the "prop and stay of British India in
the hour of her severest trial" seemed ready to fall.
Then came the final advance and Lucknow was reached. But the
task had only begun. One third of the gallant infantry fell
at the taking of the bridge, and even after that two miles of
streets had to be traversed, and every street was entrenched and
barricaded and every house was loopholed and defended by
riflemen. Progress in that direction was impossible and a
detour had to be made. The Highlanders formed the rear guard
and suffered heavily. Led by Outram and Havelock they left
the main body and pushed on with desperate gallantry through the
houses, out of which poured a deadly stream of bullets.
Covered with wounds and blood they reached the Residency.
Step by step the wounded were brought in and the reinforced
garrison prepared to continue their resistance, for the enemy were
still too numerous to attempt a sortie, hampered with women and
children and sick. Rations already scarce were still further
reduced and for two months the struggle went on with unabated fury
on the one side and with dauntless bravery on the other.
Again and again the rebels sought to capture the fort by
mining. Never were men pressed more desperately and never
were endurance and courage more manifest. Sharpshooters
crept within fifty yards of the defences and kept up a galling
fire, while disease and death wrought havoc in the ranks.
But their troubles were nearly over. Colin Campbell with
three thousand five hundred men were on the march. When the
news came of his approach the bugle sounded and the garrison
dashed out upon the enemy scattering them like chaff and the siege
ever memorable in our history was raised. There was one
regret only. The gallant and dauntless Havelock did not live
to reap the reward of his daring march to Lucknow. (extract
from British Battles 1898) |
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Charge of the Queens Bays by Harry Payne.
This dynamic picture shows the cavalry charge at the relief of Lucknow, 1859, during the Indian Mutiny.
Open edition print. Image size 21 inches x 13 inches (53cm x 33cm). Price £40.00
**Open edition print. (One ex display copy reduced to clear) Image size 21 inches x 13 inches (53cm x 33cm). Price £34.00
ITEM CODE DHM0075
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Captain Burnard McCabe VC of the 32nd by William Barnes Wollen.
Captain McCabe is mortally wounded as he leads a successful sortie against rebel guns bombarding the residency at Lucknow
Open edition print. Image size 17 inches x 13 inches (43cm x 33cm). Price £20.00
ITEM CODE DHM0661
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Charge and Pursue by Mark Churms.
The Queens Bays engage enemy foot and horse outside Luknow, led by Major Percy Smith. The regiment was given the order to charge and pursue. The Bays thundered into action accompanied by the second Punjab cavalry. In the action Major Percy Smith was killed along with two corporals.
Signed limited edition of 1000 prints. Image size 27 inches x 14 inches (69cm x 36cm). Price £70.00
Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. Image size 27 inches x 14 inches (69cm x 36cm). Price £75.00
Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm). Price £2.00
**Signed limited edition of 1000 prints. (4 copies reduced to clear) Image size 27 inches x 14 inches (69cm x 36cm). Price £55.00
ITEM CODE DHM0361
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2nd Dragoon Guards Officer by Mark Churms.
Signed limited edition of 1000 prints. Image size 8 inches x 12 inches (20cm x 31cm). Price £25.00
Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. Image size 8 inches x 12 inches (20cm x 31cm). Price £43.00
**Signed limited edition of 1000 prints. (3 ex display copies reduced to clear) Image size 8 inches x 12 inches (20cm x 31cm). Price £20.00
ITEM CODE DHM0376
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Lt A Renny VC, Bengal Horse Artillery at the Delhi Magazine 1857 by David Rowlands. (GL)
Limited edition of 200 giclee canvas prints. Image size 36 inches x 24 inches (91cm x 61cm). Price £500.00
Limited edition of 200 giclee canvas prints. Image size 30 inches x 22 inches (76cm x 56cm). Price £340.00
ITEM CODE DHM3011
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Corporal Robert Grant VC and Lt Brown, 5th (Northumberland) Fusiliers Saving Pte Deveney, Returning Towards the Alambach, Lucknow after a reconnaissance 25th Sept. 1857 by David Rowlands (GL)
In 1857, during the Indian Mutiny, the 5th (Northumberland) (Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot was part of Major-General James Outram's little force which fought its way to Cawnpore, where the haggard remnants of Major-General Sir Henry Havelock's regiments had been besieged by the mutineers. Then together, their combined force marched on 21st September, in a deluge of rain, to attempt the relief of Lucknow. They fought their way across a flooded landscape towards the Alam Bagh, the Prince of Oudh's garden palace, where 12,000 of the enemy barred the way, with their cannon commanding the road. The Alam Bagh was a very large enclosure, with a wall all around it. At each of the four corners of the wall was a two-storeyed tower. There was a gateway in the centre of each side of the wall. In the centre of the enclosure was a palace, the Bara Dari. On 23rd September, the British force advanced and drove the sepoys from their position. The 5th Regiment, on the right, with the 78th Highlanders cleared the enemy from the Alam Bagh, and the British entered the enclosure. All night it rained. For three days Havelock's men had marched and fought in a downpour, and on the 24th he let them rest. A reconnoitring party, under Lieutenant Brown, went forward from the Alam Bagh in skirmishing order, till they came under a heavy fire. The sepoys closed in on the little party, as the British withdrew in good order. Private E. Deveney had his leg carried away by a cannon-ball. Brown ran back to him, followed by Corporal Grant. Under a heavy fire they brought him safely to the Alam Bagh. For this deed Corporal Grant was later awarded the Victoria Cross. Next morning was dull and grey, the country a sea of mud. Leaving 6 officers and 300 men at the Alam Bagh, the little British force advanced the last few miles to fight its way through the streets against tremendous odds, and into the besieged Residency at Lucknow. The 5th Fusiliers were wearing white smock frocks and trousers. White covers and neck curtains were also made for their forage caps, to which were affixed peaks removed from their unused shakos. They were armed with the new Enfield rifles. Officers in this campaign dressed how they pleased, and I have depicted Lieut. Brown wearing his red shell jacket. In the background is the Alambagh.
Limited edition of 200 giclee canvas prints. Image size 36 inches x 24 inches (91cm x 61cm). Price £500.00
Limited edition of 200 giclee canvas prints. Image size 30 inches x 22 inches (76cm x 56cm). Price £390.00
ITEM CODE DHM3021
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The Relief of Lucknow - The Indian Mutiny, 1857 by Harry Payne. (P)
From Battles of Her Majestys Reign, Published 1890.
Original antique chromolithograph book plate. Paper and Image size 13 inches x 9.5 inches (33cm x 24cm). Price £120.00
ITEM CODE VAR0644
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The Relief of Lucknow during the Indian Mutiny by Thomas Jones Barker. (GS)
Limited edition of 200 giclee canvas prints. Image size 30 inches x 18 inches (76cm x 46cm). Price £300.00
ITEM CODE GITW1012
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The Meeting of Sir Colin Campbell and General Outram, Relief of Lucknow by Harry Payne (P)
Original chromolithograph published 1915. Paper size 10 inches x 7 inches (25cm x 18cm). Price £42.00
ITEM CODE VAR0603
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Relief of Lucknow, 1858 by Henry Dupray (P)
Original antique print c.1890, with a few surface scratches. Image size 12 inches x 8 inches (31cm x 20cm). Price £80.00
ITEM CODE HD0019
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Sir Henry Havelock at the Relief of Lucknow by Howard Davie (P)
Antique lithograph published 1915. Paper size 9 inches x 6.5 inches (23cm x 17cm). Price £25.00
ITEM CODE ANT0103
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Charge of the Queens Bays by Harry Payne.
The Second Dragoon Guards, known
as the "Queen's Bays" referring to the Regiment's mounts, formed
part of the force assembled by Sir Colin Campbell for the assault and
recapture of the city of Lucknow during the Indian Mutiny. The city had
been heavily fortified by the approximately 120,000 mutineers encamped
therein, and during the first days of March 1858, the Bays took part in
several sharp actions outside the city walls. During the second week of
March, while on patrol, two squadrons of the Bays, commanded by Major
Percy Smith, engaged large numbers of enemy foot and horse. The Regiment
was given the order "Charge and pursue!" and with the
characteristic elan of the British cavalry, the Bays thundered into
action, accompanied on their right by the Second Punjab Cavalry. In their
zeal the Bays cut down as many as eighty of their foes and captured an
elephant before becoming disordered - a result of their intensity over
broken ground and necessitating the recall order from the trumpeter.
Before the Regiment could be regrouped, Major Percy Smith would be killed,
along with two corporals. The action of the Bays was reported by all
observers as the most gallant, albeit rash, action witnessed before the
wall so Lucknow to date.
Captain Burnard McCabe VC of the 32nd by William
Barnes Wollen Captain McCabe is mortally wounded as he leads a
successful sortie against rebel guns bombarding the residency at Lucknow |
| Charge and Pursue by Mark
Churms The Queen's Bays engage enemy foot and horse outside
Luknow, led by Major Percy Smith. The regiment was given the order to
"charge and pursue". The Bays thundered into action accompanied
by the second Punjab cavalry. In the action Major Percy Smith was killed
along with two corporals.
The Second Dragoon Guards, known as the "Queen's Bays"
referring to the Regiment's mounts, formed part of the force assembled by
Sir Colin Campbell for the assault and recapture of the city of Lucknow
during the Indian Mutiny. The city had been heavily fortified by the
approximately 120,000 mutineers encamped therein, and during the first
days of March 1858, the Bays took part in several sharp actions outside
the city walls. During the second week of March, while on patrol, two
squadrons of the Bays, commanded by Major Percy Smith, engaged large
numbers of enemy foot and horse. The Regiment was given the order
"Charge and pursue!" and with the characteristic elan of the
British cavalry, the Bays thundered into action, accompanied on their
right by the Second Punjab Cavalry. In their zeal the Bays cut down as
many as eighty of their foes and captured an elephant before becoming
disordered - a result of their intensity over broken ground and
necessitating the recall order from the trumpeter. Before the Regiment
could be regrouped, Major Percy Smith would be killed, along with two
corporals. The action of the Bays was reported by all observers as the
most gallant, albeit rash, action witnessed before the wall so Lucknow to
date.
2nd Dragoon Guards Officer by Mark Churms2nd Dragoons during
the Charge of the Queens bays at Lucknow.
Lt A Renny VC, Bengal Horse Artillery at
the Delhi Magazine 1857 by David Rowlands
Corporal Robert Grant VC and Lt Brown, 5th
(Northumberland) Fusiliers Saving Pte Deveney, Returning Towards the
Alambach, Lucknow after a reconnaissance 25th Sept. 1857 by David Rowlands
The Relief of Lucknow during the Indian
Mutiny by Thomas Jones Barker At the outbreak of the Great Mutiny in May 1857, 1,700
English and Indian troops fortified the residency in Lucknow, 270 miles
southeast of Dehli. They took refuge here as a mutineer force approached
on 1st July. The garrison held out against 60,000 rebels under Sir Henry
Havelock. On 25th September a force of 3,000 men of the British army,
commanded by Sir Havelock and Sir James Outram, fought their way into the
residency from Cawnpore. After marching for a week through the hostile
Oudh, the relief column had over 500 casualties, the garrison inside
Lucknow had lost almost as many men, including Lawrence, during the
defence of the residency. Sir Havelock died from exhaustion before a
second relief force led by Sir Colin Campbell arrived on 19th November.
Campbell reinforced the garrison before moving southwest to smother a new
uprising in Cawnpore. General Outram held the residency for four months
until it was liberated by Campbell on March 21, 1858. The rebel chief Nana
Sahib disappeared into the jungle. |
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