Marble Statue over Memorial Well, Cawnpore
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- Created Date
- 2013-10-29
- Description
Cawnpore (now known as Kanpur) was the site of brutal fighting in the Indian Rebellion of 1857. During the fighting, about 200 British subjects, mostly women and children, were massacred here, their bodies dumped into the well. The statue, titled Angel of the Resurrection, is made of white marble and was designed by Carlo Marochetti.
- Creator
John Edward Sache
- Contributing Institution
- Knox College
- Location
- 26.472321,80.361233
- Type
- image
- Format
- Mounted on board
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- No Copyright - In the United States:The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information.
- Chicago citation style
- John Edward Sache. Marble Statue over Memorial Well, Cawnpore. 2013-10-29. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/knx_ward/id/125. (Accessed March 29, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- John Edward Sache, (2013-10-29) Marble Statue over Memorial Well, Cawnpore. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/knx_ward/id/125
- MLA citation style
- John Edward Sache. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/knx_ward/id/125>.