VINTAGE LUCKNOW

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VINTAGE LUCKNOW
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RAJ BHAWAN
LUCKNOW

• The Farhad Buksh Palace, Lucknow a photo by
  Samuel Bourne, 1860.For those who are not aware,
  'Kothi Farhad Buksh' is the present day Raj
  Bhawan, the official residence of the Governor of
  Uttar Pradesh. Kothi Farhad Buksh was built by
  Claude Martin and was his city residence, whereas
  Constantia was his country palace

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RAJ BHAWAN
LUCKNOW

• The grounds of the palace of Farhat Baksh in
  Lucknow lit by innumerable coloured lamps a
  watercolor by Seeta Ram, 1814-15.

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LA MARTINERE COLLEGE
LUCKNOW

• Khurshid Manzil, by Sir David Scott Dodgson, 1860

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LA MARTINERE COLLEGE
LUCKNOW

• La Martiniere (1858)

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LUCKNOW

• A view of Kothi Farhad Buksh by E. Therond (wood
  engraving, from 'Le Tour du Monde', 1874)

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LA MARTINERE COLLEGE
LUCKNOW

• An engraving of Maj Gen Claude Martin(1735-1800),
  by F. Renaldi and L. Legoux, published in Lucknow
  in 1794.The inscription on his tombstone
  read"Arrived in India as a common soldierand
  died at Lucknow on the 13th of September,1800, as
  a Major-General.He is buried in this tomb.Pray
  for his soul."

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LUCKNOW CITY VIEW

• The lithograph is taken from plate 5 of 'General
  Views of Lucknow' by Sir DS Dodgson.This view
  from the roof of General Outram's headquarters
  shows a position captured by General Havelock's
  field force from rebel Indians. Havelock's
  battalion arrived to relieve the garrison at
  Lucknow on 25 September 1857. The river Gomti is
  pictured to the left portion of the image the
  large house next to it is Dil Aram. Opposite is
  the Moti Mahal and the Shah Najaf. Immediately in
  front of the low parapet in the foreground is the
  Judicial Commissioner's House, an important and
  exposed post of the garrison, here displaying the
  damage from several rebel mines. Beyond it are
  the clock tower, the jail, the Chattar Manzil and
  Farhad Baksh's. The large tomb to the right is
  that of Saadat Khan, Nawab of Avadh the small
  tomb is his mother's. Both are within the Kaiser
  Bagh enclosure and were held by the Indian
  rebels. In the distance are the large houses, La
  Martiniere and Khurshid Manzil.

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LUCKNOW

• Watercolour of illuminations at Constantia in
  Lucknow from 'Views by Seeta Ram from Cawnpore to
  Mohumdy Vol. IV' produced for Lord Moira,
  afterwards the Marquess of Hastings, by Sita Ram
  between 1814-15.

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LA MARTINERE COLLEGE
LUCKNOW

• This photograph of Khurshid Manzil from 'The
  Lucknow Album containing a series of fifty
  photographic views of Lucknow,' was taken by
  Darogha Abbas Ali c.1874.

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LA MARTINERE COLLEGE
LUCKNOW

• "View of a House built by Col. Claude Martin, at
  Lucknow" from the European Magazine, London,
  c.1790

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LUCKNOW

• This Photograph was taken by Darogha Abbas Ali in
  1874

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LUCKNOW

• View looking across the artificial lake towards
  the main building and the column, photographed by
  Reymond Hervey De Montmorency in 1867.

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LA MARTINERE COLLEGE
LUCKNOW

• Watercolour of Constantia in Lucknow from 'Views
  by Seeta Ram from Cawnpore to Mohumdy Vol. IV'
  produced for Lord Moira, afterwards the Marquess
  of Hastings, by Sita Ram between 1814-15.
  Marquess of Hastings, the Governor-General of
  Bengal and the Commander-in-Chief (r. 1813-23),
  was accompanied by artist Sita Ram (flourished
  c.1810-22) to illustrate his journey from
  Calcutta to Delhi between 1814-15.

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LUCKNOW

• Watercolour of Constantia in Lucknow from 'Views
  by Seeta Ram from Cawnpore to Mohumdy Vol. IV'
  produced for Lord Moira, afterwards the Marquess
  of Hastings, by Sita Ram between 1814-15.

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LUCKNOW

• Photograph taken by Major Robert Christopher
  Tytler and his wife, Harriet, in the aftermath of
  the Uprising of 1857. General view of the main
  facade of La Martiniere or Constantia, taken from
  beside the lake, with Parker's column in the
  foreground

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LUCKNOW

• This coloured lithograph is taken from plate 10
  of 'General Views of Lucknow' by Sir David Scott
  Dodgson(1822-1898), and was taken in 1860.

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LA MARTINERE COLLEGE
LUCKNOW

• View of the building from the rear, partly
  obscured by trees, photographed by Reymond Hervey
  De Montmorency in 1867.

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LUCKNOW

• A silver gelatin photo, c.1900

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LUCKNOW

• An albumen photo by a commercial studio, c.1880's

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LUCKNOW

• Near view of La Martiniere, in a photo from the
  Hawkshaw album (1880-90's)

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LUCKNOW

• Pencil drawing of Constantia at Lucknow by Robert
  Smith (1787-1873) dated November 1814. This is
  one of 27 drawings (29 folios) of views made
  during a march from Benares (Varanasi) to
  Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh, probably en route for
  Almora in 1814. Inscribed on the original cover
  is 'No. XIII. Ganges Luknow'. Captain Robert
  Smith was a military engineer with the East India
  Company and was in India from 1805 to 1833. He
  designed a number of buildings in India and also
  repaired various Indian monuments including the
  Kutb Minar and the Jami Masjid at Delhi.

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LA MARTINERE COLLEGE

• Watercolour drawing of La Martinière in Lucknow,
  Uttar Pradesh by an anonymous artist working in
  the Delhi style, c. 1860. Inscribed in Persian
  characters 'Kothi Martini Lakhnau' in English
  'The Martinière Lucknow.'

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LUCKNOW

• Colonel Antoine Polier, a Swiss engineer and
  architect, Claude Martin, John Wombwell, assay
  master, and Johann Zoffany, the painter,
  surrounded by servants and Polier's art
  collection.

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LUCKNOW

• Photograph of the college from the 'Lee-Warner
  Collection Bombay Presidency.' William Lee
  Warner C.S.' taken by John Edward Saché in the
  1870s

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LUCKNOW

• Pencil drawing of Constantia at Lucknow by Robert
  Smith (1787-1873) dated November 1814. This is
  one of 27 drawings (29 folios) of views made
  during a march from Benares (Varanasi) to
  Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh, probably en route for
  Almora in 1814. Inscribed on the original cover
  is 'No. XIII. Ganges Luknow'.

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LA MARTINERE COLLEGE
LUCKNOW

• Watercolour of a bazaar at Constantia in Lucknow
  from 'Views by Seeta Ram from Cawnpore to Mohumdy
  Vol. IV' produced for Lord Moira, afterwards the
  Marquess of Hastings, by Sita Ram between 1814-15.

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LUCKNOW

• This coloured lithograph is taken from plate 10
  of 'General Views of Lucknow' by Sir David Scott
  Dodgson(1822-1898), and was taken in 1860.

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LUCKNOW

• c. 1784-86. A Cockfight in Lucknow - Oil painting
  by Johann Zoffany. The painting depicts a cock
  match between Asaf-ud-daula, Nawab Wazir of Oudh
  (standing in the centre) and Colonel John
  Mordaunt (standing on the left in white). Also in
  the picture is Claude Martin (in uniform, seated
  on the dais) , Colonel Antoine Polier (red coat,
  standing under awning), John Wombwell (seated to
  the right with hookah), Stand beside Wombwell is
  Ozias Humphrey (artist with hand on Zoffany's
  shoulder). Standing far right corner, with blue
  coat and white bird, is Robert Gregory (assistant
  to the Governor-General's rep). The large guy in
  white, sitting right foreground cock is Lt
  Golding of the East India Corps of Engineers.

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LUCKNOW

• c. 1870

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LA MARTINERE COLLEGE

• Recent Pic!!

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LUCKNOW

• Photograph of La Martiniere, from the album of
  "Miscellaneous views in India", taken by Felice
  Beato in 1858.

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