Lucknow. Residence (1890): Art, History and Details

Lucknow. Residence (1890) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Photoglob Co. (Zurich, active c. 1890–1910).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

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.

Object facts

• Title: Lucknow. Residence
• Date: 1890
• Creator attribution: Photoglob Co. (Zurich, active c. 1890–1910)
• Culture: India, 19th century
• Type: Photograph
• Technique: Photochrom
• 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.)
• Collection: PH - Misc. 19th Century
• Department: Photography
• Accession number: 2018.219

A detail from the museum

Photochrom is an ink-based process that produces color images from black-and-white photographic negatives.

Collection credit

Purchase from the Karl B. Goldfield Trust

View the collection record

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