The 32nd Mess House. First attack of Sir Colin Campbell in November 1857, Lucknow

Large building surrounded by garden wall cut-through with embrasures; Indians in foreground. According to Francis Cornwallis Maude, a British officer who observed the attack on the Mess House, Campbell "treated this building to a bombardment of 10 hours after it had been abandoned by its defenders." The white marks in the photograph are the repairs later made by the rebels. the rows of embrasures in the garden wall were also added by the rebels prior to the final capture of the city in March 1858. Large building surrounded by garden wall cut-through with embrasures; Indians in foreground. According to Francis Cornwallis Maude, a British officer who observed the attack on the Mess House, Campbell "treated this building to a bombardment of 10 hours after it had been abandoned by its defenders." The white marks in the photograph are the repairs later made by the rebels. the rows of embrasures in the garden wall were also added by the rebels prior to the final capture of the city in March 1858. Mounted in album 26 x 37 cm. London, Marlborough Rare Books, 1956