• Main Guard & Government House, Fort Hyderabad

Creator:

• Lieutenant William Edwards (d.1890), drawings; Charles Haghe (d.1888), lithographer

Description:

• Tinted lithograph From Sketches in Scinde from drawings by Lieut. Wm. Edwards, 86th. Regt. Lithographed by Charles Haghe, Esq. London: H. Graves, 1846

Curatorial Notes:

• Military officers were well-placed to provide sketches of the remarkable scenery and impressive architecture of foreign lands. Lieutenant William Edwards drew this sketch in Sindh, after it was conquered in 1843 by General Charles Napier, British Army commander-in-chief in India. Drawings by British military officers served complicated dual purposes by both preserving historical and cultural details, but also showcasing British colonialism.

Photography:

• David Kelly Crow

Identifier:

• ark:/88435/cc08hm99g

Edm rights:

• No Known Copyright

Range label:

• Logical