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Felice A. Beato — Major-General Sir Hugh Wheeler's Entrenchment at Cawnpore

Felice A. Beato

Major-General Sir Hugh Wheeler's Entrenchment at Cawnpore

1858

Battlefield photography emerges as a new genre in this haunting albumen print documenting the aftermath of the 1857 Indian Rebellion at Cawnpore.

Medium
albumen print

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Felice A. Beato, Major-General Sir Hugh Wheeler's Entrenchment at Cawnpore, 1858

Battlefield photography emerges as a new genre in this haunting albumen print documenting the aftermath of the 1857 Indian Rebellion at Cawnpore.

Medium
albumen print
Year
1858
Seen at
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

Nineteenth Century, Monochrome, Albumen Print, Documentary, Photograph, Military, Historical, Sepia, British, Architecture

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