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Lucknow. Residence
Photoglob Co. (Zurich, active c. 1890-1910)1890
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
The Residence, several buildings that housed and served colonial officials, was put under siege during the Indian Rebellion of 1857 against the British East India Company. The British regained control in 1858 but left the ruins as a memorial to their fallen compatriots.
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- Title: Lucknow. Residence
- Creator: Photoglob Co. (Zurich, active c. 1890-1910)
- Date Created: 1890
- Physical Dimensions: Image: 20.6 x 26.7 cm (8 1/8 x 10 1/2 in.); Paper: 20.6 x 26.7 cm (8 1/8 x 10 1/2 in.)
- Provenance: Bruno Tartarin, Photovintagefrance, Lorraine, France, the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Photograph
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.219
- Medium: Photochrom
- Inscriptions: Imprinted in gold on recto in lower left corner: “20013. P.Z.-LUCKNOW. RESIDENCE”
- Fun Fact: Photochrom is an ink-based process that produces color images from black-and-white photographic negatives.
- Department: Photography
- Culture: India, 19th century
- Credit Line: Purchase from the Karl B. Goldfield Trust
- Collection: PH - Misc. 19th Century
- Accession Number: 2018.219
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