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| Keywords: The Eldest Son of the King of Delhi.jpg en The Eldest Son of the King of Delhi His Treasurer and Physician-- from a picture painted in the palace at Delhi; by Mr W Carpenter from the Illustrated London News 1857; very large scans of the upper half ; the lower half Source of text http //www harappa com/engr/mughalson html downloaded Dec 1999 Source of image ebay May 2009 From the article accompanying this image emphasis added These fine portraits have been engraved from a picture painted in the Fort or Palace of Delhi by Mr William Carpenter The group consists of the eldest son of the King of Delhi; his Treasurer a Hindoo; and Physician a Mussulman; each carrying a morhrchull a brush made of peacocks tails to drive away the flies--which duty is really performed by servants What part the titular King has actually played in the recent awful tragedy it is impossible as yet to say Secretly no doubt he wished the destruction of the English and some restoration of his family rule But the fear of losing his life and pension and the prestige of English domination made it very doubtful that he was more than a mere passive tool in the hands of the insurgents who had proclaimed not himself but his son as their leader; in fact he sent a message to the Lieutenant-Governor of Agra stating that he was not master of his actions All this will no doubt be fully investigated at the close of the revolt Even should this descendant of Timour and Auranzebe not be guilty it is clear to us that the British as in the case of the King of Oude must take sufficient precautions against any future use of an Imperial authority through this august puppet Every account from India clearly shows that it is the Mussulmans who are at the bottom of the insurrection and that Hindoos are only the instruments The King of Delhi may not have planned or even have fomented the insurrection But a Prince with a historical name in Delhi the focus of the Moslem fanaticism in India without a single European regiment inside is a placing of military and political capital in the hands of our enemies which we are persuaded will not soon happen again http //www harappa com/engr/mughalson html 1857 http //www columbia edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1800_1899/1857revolt/delhiseized/delhiseized html originally from Illustrated London News 1857 Creator William Carpenter PD-old-100-1923 Uploaded with UploadWizard ILN 1857 1857 in India 1857 engravings Engravings of men of India Mirza Fath-ul-Mulk Men of the Mughal Empire Men of Delhi Portraits in the Illustrated London News William Carpenter painter | ||||
