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File:British soldiers looting Qaisar Bagh Lucknow.jpg

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Description British soldiers looting Qaisar Bagh, Lucknow, after its recapture (steel engraving, late 1850's). The steel engraving depicts the Time correspondent looking on at the sacking of the Kaiser Bagh, after the capture of Lucknow on March 15, 1858. "Is this string of little white stones (pearls) worth anything, Gentlemen?" asks the plunderer.
Date late 1850s
Source A steel engraving from the late 1850s. Found at columbia.edu
Author Unknown
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