Who painted the famous painting “Relief of Lucknow” in 1859?
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 is one of the British pictures that celebrate the British heroes of 1857. It shows the moment when Colin Campbell entered Lucknow and rescued the British garrison besieged in the Residency, where the Commissioner, Henry Lawrence, had been killed. Henry Lawrence is a person in this story, not the painter.
Note: A same/similar question was asked in CUET (UG) in the papers below.
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| 11-05 S2 | 28-05 S1* | – | 24-05 S2* 10-06 S3* | – |
* A similar question.
NCERT (2025-26): “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.…”
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