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Lot No. 46: Clifford Henry Mecham

A group of twelve lithographs on Indian Mutiny

  • Medium: hand-coloured lithograph
  • Year: 1858-1859
  • Size: 12.5 x 9.5 inches
  • Place: London

Winning Bid : ₹ 6,000

(Inclusive Buyer's Premium)

Estimate

 10,000 -  15,000


Estimate US$

120-180

Ends at Apr 12, 2023 07:45 PM IST

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Clifford Henry Mecham

A group of twelve lithographs on Indian Mutiny

Set of twelve Indian Mutiny tinted lithographs in mounts from the book titled Sketches and Incidents of the Siege of Lucknow by 11 of them Clifford Henry Mecham (1831-65) and 1 from the Book titled The campaign in India by George Francklin Atkison's, 1859. published by Day & Son of London in 1858.
Mounted & Pasted
(i) Baillie Guard Gateway
Size 27.9 x 21.5 cm (11 x 8.5 inches)

(ii) The Baillie Guard Gateway from the Nobut Khana (music hall)
Size 27.9 x 21.5 cm (11 x 8.5 inches)

(iii) The Church
Size 27.9 x 21.5 cm (11 x 8.5 inches)

(iv) The Residency from the water gate
Size 27.9 x 21.5 cm (11 x 8.5 inches)

(v) The Judical Commissioner's Kutchery (Court house)
Size 27.9 x 21.5 cm (11 x 8.5 inches)

(vi) The New Cawnpore Battery
Size 27.9 x 21.5 cm (11 x 8.5 inches)

(vii) The Redan Battery
Size 27.9 x 21.5 cm (11 x 8.5 inches)

(viii) Listening for miners
Size 27.9 x 21.5 cm (11 x 8.5 inches)

(ix) Mr Gubbin's House
Size 27.9 x 21.5 cm (11 x 8.5 inches)

(x) Lying in wait
Size 27.9 x 21.5 cm (11 x 8.5 inches)

(xi) Sanders Post (with the world India scrawled under the caption)
Size 27.9 x 21.5 cm (11 x 8.5 inches)

(xii) Sappers at work in the Batteries
Size 31.7 x 24.1 cm (12.5 x 9.5 inches)
Fine Condition
Provenance: Property of a Goan collector

Keywords: Indian, India, Lucknow, Kanpur

About Artist

Captain C. H. Mecham (1831 - 1865)

Mecham was a British soldier who served as a lieutenant in the 1857 Sepoy Mutiny. During the siege of Lucknow, he was part of the prolonged defense of the Residency and later the fighting at Alamgarh. A man with artistic interest, he had a coloured…...Read More

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Fine Condition

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Nickname Amount(Rs) Type Date & Time(IST)
1 anon0211 5000.00 Regular 12-04-2023 07:04:06 PM IST
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