• 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

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

• Khurshid Manzil, by Sir David Scott Dodgson,
1860

• La Martiniere (1858)

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

• 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 soldier and died at Lucknow on the 13th of
September,1800, as a Major-General.
He is buried in this tomb.
Pray for his soul."

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.

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.

• 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.

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

LUCKNOW
• This Photograph was taken by Darogha Abbas
Ali in 1874

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

• 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.

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.

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

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.

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

LUCKNOW
• A silver gelatin photo, c.1900

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

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

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.

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.'

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.

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

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'.

• 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 .

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.

LUCKNOW
• c. 1784-86. A Cockfight in Lucknow - Oil painting by Johann
Zoffany. The painting depicts a cock match between Asaf-uddaula, 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.

• c. 1870
LUCKNOW

LA MARTINERE COLLEGE
• Recent Pic!!

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