‘Alum Bagh, from the Advance 24-Pounder Battery Picket’, 1858 circa (litho)

‘Alum Bagh, from the Advance 24-Pounder Battery Picket’, 1858 circa. Lithograph by E Walker, from ‘General Views and Special Points of Interest of the City of Lucknow’, a series of 27 coloured lithographs by R M Bryson, E Walker, F Jones after Lieutenant-Colonel D S Dodgson, published by Day and Son, 1 September 1860. The Alumbagh, a large enclosure situated just outside the city of Lucknow, was occupied by Sir James Outram and 4000 of his men in November 1857 after the evacuation of the Residency. His presence at the Alumbagh prevented the rebels in Lucknow undertaking offensive operations. In March 1858 Outram was joined there by Sir Colin Campbell’s force from Cawnpore for the final capture of Lucknow.