The Residency, Lucknow
name: label: Photographer
content: Beato, Felice, b. ca. 1825
label: Former owner
content: Christie's of London
label: Former owner
content: Patel, Harish, Mr.
place: label: Place
content: Lucknow (India)
label: Place
content: Lucknow (India) -- History -- Siege, 1857
label: Place
content: India -- History -- Sepoy Rebellion, 1857-1858
creator: label: Photographer
content: Beato, Felice, b. ca. 1825
setName: label: See more items in
content: Still Prints of Asia
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: The British Residency (known simply as "the Residency") is a group of buildings in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, that was destroyed in the siege of 1857. Artillery and cannon fire damaged many buildings, including the Residency.

For more information about the city of Lucknow, see A1999.01_27
For information on Felice Beato, see A1999.01_27
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Albumen print (image 23 x 29 cm.)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1858
container: label: Container
content: Box 1, Folder 6, Item 4
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: FSA.A1999.01, Item FSA.A1999.01_28
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Albumen prints
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Albumen prints -- 19th century
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: One albumen print by Felix Beato, mounted on card, with "Residency" inscribed in black ink below the print. View of the shelled remains of the Residency in Lucknow, with two men sitting in the foreground, circa 1858.