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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
Still Prints of Asia: The Residency, Lucknow
Summary
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A1999.28
- Creators:
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Beato, Felice, b. ca. 1825
- Dates:
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1858
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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1 Printalbumenimage 23 x 29 cm., mounted 38 x 41 cm.
- Repository:
- Container:
- 34
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
One albumen print by Felix Beato, mounted on card, with "Residency" inscribed in black ink below the print. View of the shelled remains of the Residency in Lucknow, with two men sitting in the foreground, circa 1858.
Arrangement
Arrangement
One flat box.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Although he was born in Greece, Felice Beato worked as a press photographer in England and achieved recognition for his coverage of British political conflicts, photographing the Crimean War of 1855 and, together with his brother-in-law, James Robertson, the 1858 Indian Mutiny in Delhi and Lucknow. The images Beato took during this time are thought to be the first to depict actual human corpses on the battlefield. After moving to Yokohama in 1863, Beato opened the area's first photography studio and documented the people and culture of Japan for the next twenty years, taking photographs and selling them to tourists. During his travels, Beato was able to gain access to Japanese ports that were open only to diplomats by acting as an official photographer for the British navy.
Biographical / Historical
Lucknow was the capital of the former state of Oudh (now spelt Awadh, and a region in the state of Uttar Pradesh), in India. The prolonged defense there by the British proved to be one of the key episodes in the unsuccessful Indian Rebellion of 1857-1858.
Administration
Custodial History
Purchased, 1999.
Digital Content
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
Preferred Citation
Still Prints of Asia: The Residency, Lucknow. FSA.A1999.28. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
More Information
Local Numbers
Local Numbers
FSA A1999.28
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Lucknow (India) | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Lucknow (India) -- History -- Siege, 1857 | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Photographs | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Albumen prints | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| India -- Uttar Pradesh -- Lucknow | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Repository Contact
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
National Museum of Asian Art Archives
Washington, D.C. 20013
AVRreference@si.edu
