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BEATO, FELICE (1832-1909) Group of 6 choice photographs of the Indian Rebellion, including a 2-part panorama entitled "Main Breach and Cashmere [sic] Gate and Bastion" and single prints entitled The Mess House 32nd Regiment * Stables, Delhi Battery * Observatory Battery * Wheeler at Cawnpore. Albumen prints, the overall size of the 2-part panorama is 9 3/4x23 3/4 inches (24.8x57.8 cm.), with a caption, in ink, on mount recto; the single prints measure approximately 10x11 3/4 inches (25.4x29.8 cm.), the Mess House is mounted with a caption, in ink, on mount recto. 1857-1858
Sir Hugh M. Wheeler (1789-1856) was appointed commander of the garrison at Cawnpore (now Kanpur). He is chiefly remembered for the disastrous end to a long and successful military career, when his defence of Wheeler's entrenchment and surrender to Nana Sahib during the Indian Rebellion of 1857 led to the annihilation of almost all the population of Cawnpore, as well as himself and several members of his family.
All of the photographs (except the panorama) have been reproduced in the following publications: Getty Beato Catalogue, p. 118, Fig. 1; Beato's Delhi by Masselos and Gupta (Metcalf Stables, Delhi), pp. 29 and 47; India Through the Lens (Sackler Smithsonian Exhibition, Dec. 2000), p. 133. Although variants of the 2-part panorama have been published, this particular version has not been reproduced.
