War of 1857

War of 1857, originally uploaded by ambrett.

War of 1857
A cartoon from Harpers showing a victorious British general on the attack - with fearful Indian civilians on his left. The violent British campaign waged against the civilian population to enforce their rule in 1857-59 was known to Indians as the "devil's wind". The cartoonist also draws upon the image of the martial Scot perhaps embodied most famously in the Gordon Highlanders.