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- Permanent Link:
- http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAB000127/00001
Material Information
- Title:
- Defence of the Arrah House, 1857
- Alternate title:
- Siege of Arrah
- Alternate title:
- Embattled British soldiers during the Indian Rebellion of 1857
- Added title page title:
- Siege of Ara
- Creator:
- Tayler, William, 1808-1892
- Place of Publication:
- [London]
- Publication Date:
- 1858
- Language:
- English
Notes
- Subject:
- The Siege of Arrah (27 July – 3 August 1857) took place during the Indian Mutiny (also known as the Indian Rebellion of 1857). It was the eight-day defence of a fortified outbuilding, occupied by a combination of 18 civilians and 50 members of the Bengal Military Police Battalion, against 2,500–3,000 mutinying Bengal Native Infantry sepoys from three regiments and an estimated 8,000 men from irregular forces commanded by Kunwar Singh, the local zamindar or chieftain who controlled the Jagdishpur estate. -- Wikipedia ( English )
- General Note:
- Depicts a pitched battle between British forces on the field and in western-styled palace and Indians in a neighbouring traditional Indian palace. The soldiers use rifles and cannons. Combatants can also be seen riding elephants.
- General Note:
- Coloured Lithograph from a drawing
- General Note:
- VIAF (name authority) : Tayler, William, 1808-1892 : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/8939029
Record Information
- Source Institution:
- SOAS University of London
- Holding Location:
- Art and Image Collection
- Rights Management:
 The author dedicated the work to the Commons by waiving all of his or her rights to the work worldwide under copyright law and all related or neighboring legal rights he or she had in the work, to the extent allowable by law.- Resource Identifier:
- 136952 ( SOAS photograph acc. no. )
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