The famous painting “Relief of Lucknow” celebrates the British saviours and shows the Indian rebels in poor light. Who is the painter?
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; it celebrates the moment when Campbell entered Lucknow, with the British heroes Campbell, Outram and Havelock at the centre of the canvas.
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.…”
Fig. 10.10 ‘Relief of Lucknow’, painted by Thomas Jones Barker, 1859 |
