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The Outram Statue, Calcutta
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Photograph by W. G. Stretton taken in the 1870s,
part of the Dunlop Smith Collection: Sir Charles Aitchison Album of
Views in India and Burma. A view of John Henry Foley's statue of
Sir James Outram which was considered one of his best works. Foley
also produced statues of Lords Hardinge and Canning, erected at
other sites in Calcutta. Sir James Outram (1803-1863) was a
Political Officer and General who gained a reputation for bravery
at the siege of Lucknow during the Indian Uprising of 1857. His
nickname was 'The Bayard of India', a reference to the French
soldier Pierre Terrail, Seigneur de Bayard (1473-1524), celebrated
for his feats of valour in the face of terrible odds and called le
chevalier sans peur et sans reproche, the 'knight without fear and
without reproach'.
Title: The Outram Statue, Calcutta
Description:
Photograph by W.
G.
Stretton taken in the 1870s,
part of the Dunlop Smith Collection: Sir Charles Aitchison Album of
Views in India and Burma.
A view of John Henry Foley's statue of
Sir James Outram which was considered one of his best works.
Foley
also produced statues of Lords Hardinge and Canning, erected at
other sites in Calcutta.
Sir James Outram (1803-1863) was a
Political Officer and General who gained a reputation for bravery
at the siege of Lucknow during the Indian Uprising of 1857.
His
nickname was 'The Bayard of India', a reference to the French
soldier Pierre Terrail, Seigneur de Bayard (1473-1524), celebrated
for his feats of valour in the face of terrible odds and called le
chevalier sans peur et sans reproche, the 'knight without fear and
without reproach'.
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