'Relief of Lucknow' was painted by ______.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Thomas Jones Barker
“Relief of Lucknow” was painted by Thomas Jones Barker in 1859 to commemorate the British heroes who saved the English and repressed the rebels.
Note: A same/similar question was asked in CUET (UG) in the papers below.
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* A similar question.
NCERT (2026-27): “5.1 Celebrating the saviours … British pictures offer a variety of images that were meant to provoke a range of different emotions and reactions. Some of them commemorate the British heroes who saved the English and repressed the rebels. ‘Relief of Lucknow’, painted by Thomas Jones Barker in 1859, is an example of this type. When the rebel forces besieged Lucknow, Henry Lawrence, the Commissioner of Lucknow, collected the Christian population and took refuge in the heavily fortified Residency. Lawrence was killed but the Residency continued to be defended under the command of Colonel Inglis. On 25 September James Outram and Henry Havelock arrived, cut through the rebel forces, and reinforced the British garrisons.…”
Fig. 10.10 “Relief of Lucknow”, painted by Thomas Jones Barker, 1859 |
