'John Nicholson', 1851, (1901). Creator: Unknown.

'John Nicholson', 1851, (1901). Creator: Unknown.

2-711-089 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'John Nicholson', 1851, (1901). Portrait of British soldier John Nicholson (1821-1857), who was a political officer in the frontier provinces of the British Empire in India. Nicholson played a noted part in the suppression of the Indian Mutiny, devising particularly cruel punishments for the supposed mutineers. He died aged 35 as a result of wounds received in the taking of Delhi. After a daguerrotype. From "The Life and Deeds of Earl Roberts, Vol. I. - To The End of the Indian Mutiny", by J. Maclaren Cobban. [T. C. & E. C. Jack, Edinburgh, 1901]


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Creator
  1. Unknown, attributed to: :
After
  1. William Edward Kilburn: British: Photographer, daguerrotypist
Subject
  1. John Nicholson: Irish, British: Soldier
People Related
  1. TC and EC Jack: British: Publisher, publishers, publishing company
  2. J Maclaren Cobban: : Author, writer, historian
  3. Lord Frederick Sleigh Roberts: British: Commander in Chief of the British Army

Picture Type
  1. Portrait

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Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4083x5460
File Size : 65,313kb


Aliases

  1. 0580064887
  1. 2-711-089
  1. 2711089

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