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Kanpur (inhabited place)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

 Item

Scene of the massacre, Cawnpore [Kanpur], 1870 - 1879

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022G/68
Scope and Contents

282 x 225 mm. View looking along the Ganges River towards the landing place where the British garrison were massacred on 27 June 1857. See also Y3022L/31 and Y3022U/39.

Dates: 1870 - 1879
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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The Memorial Well & Gardens, Cawnpore [Kanpur], 1870

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022G/69
Scope and Contents

277 x 229 mm. View looking across the gardens towards the Gothic screen surrounding the well, with an ornamental lake in the foreground. Photo by Sache.

Dates: 1870
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).