*Tomb with collapsed dome, Meerut. Worked up from an earlier sketch of August 1839," a sketch by Frederick Peter Layard, 1843* (BL) [*Layard 1843*]




"Meerut: the Barracks etc.," from the Illustrated London News, 1857

Source: ebay, June 2009



"The death of Colonel Finnis on the parade ground at Meerut," Illustrated London News, 1857

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*"Death of Colonel Finnis at Meerut," from 'The History of the Indian Mutiny' by Charles Ball (London: London Printing and Publishing Company, 1858)*

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"The Sepoy revolt at Meerut," from the Illustrated London News, 1857

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"Destruction of a bungalow at Meerut," Illustrated London News, 1857

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"Defensive Operations at the Artillery Laboratory, Meerut," Illustrated London News, 1857

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*"Mosque at Meerut said to be the principal resort of the mutineers," a photo by Robert and Harriet Tytler, 1858* (BL)

"The Last Post": a young Anglo-Indian, George Brendish, hastily sends a telegraph message from Meerut to Ambala to warn about the mutiny (a modern painting)

Source: http://home.alphalink.com.au/~agilbert/paintin1.html
(downloaded May 2007)

*Dhokul Sing, Hindoo Jat, Meerut* (shown above)
*Dulleep Sing, Thugga Hindoo, originally Brahmins, Meerut*
*Gunga Sahai, Brahmin, Hindoo, Meerut*
*Hyder Buksh, Kumboh Sheikh, originally Hindoo, Meerut*
*Jat cultivator, Hindoo, Meerut*
*Naorang, Goojur tribe, Hindoo, Meerut*
*Roopram, Thugga Hindoo, Meerut*
*Surongie, Hindoo follower of Parasnath, Meerut*
*Syud Meer Khan, Shiah Mahomedan of Cabul, Syud, Meerut*
All these photos are from 'The People of India', published from 1868 to the early 1870's by W.H. Allen, for the India Office.

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