Cawnpore_Memorial,_1860.jpg (712 × 547 pixels, file size: 121 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

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English: Photograph of the Marble statue by Marochetti over the Memorial Well. Many of British women and children were massacred in Cawanpore later Kanpur during the Indian rebellion of 1857. The Well with Marochetti's Angel, surrounded by Henry Yule's Gothic screen, was originally situated in the Municipal Gardens covering the Bibighar Well. After the Independence of India the memorial was relocated to the Memorial Church, Kanpur. Due to the tragic events the site was known as popularly known as the Massacre Ghat among Britishers.
  • Medium: Albumen silver print
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Source Samuel Bourne
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Samuel Bourne (1834–1912)  wikidata:Q337475
 
Samuel Bourne
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S. Bourne
Description British photographer
Date of birth/death 30 October 1834 Edit this at Wikidata 24 April 1912 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Mucklestone Edit this at Wikidata Nottingham Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q337475

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  • 2006-02-10 16:51 IndianCow 712×549× (122201 bytes) ==Summary== '''Photographer:''' Samuel Bourne '''Medium:''' Photographic Print '''Caption:''' '''Year:'''1860 ::Photograph of the Marble statue by Marochetti over the Memorial Well. Many of British women and children were massacred in Cawanpore later [[K

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A memorial erected (circa 1860) by the British after the Mutiny at the Bibighar Well. After India's Independence the statue was moved to the All Souls Memorial Church, Cawnpore. Albumen silver print by Samuel Bourne, 1860.

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