The execution of mutineers in Peshawar: men being hanged and blown from guns. Wood engraving, 1857.

"The mutiny at Peshawur. (To the Editor of the Illustrated London news). In the present disturbed state of affairs in India the accompanying sketches of Peshawur, if published in the Illustrated London news, may prove interesting. These sketches represent a General Parade of the Peshawar Troops on the 10th June, 1857, then consisting of about 8000 Europeans and 8000 natives, under the command of General Sydney Cotton, to witness the execution of twelve sepoys of various native infantry regiments who had been guilty of mutiny and desertion, and sentenced by a General Court Martial to be hanged; and of forty sepoys of the 55th Native Infantry, sentenced to be blown away from guns for mutinous conduct, in having possessed themselves of the Fort of Murdan, made prisoners of their officers, plundered the treasury, resisted the force sent against them, and been taken prisoners with arms in their possession. In the background are represented the snow-topped mountains of Afghanistan, with the far-famed Kyber Pass, distant from the ground of execution six or seven miles only, and the Fort of Jumrood, at the entrance of the Pas. (See the large engraving at page 336.) … G.R. Brown, Lieut. Horse Artillery, Peshawur, July 24, 1857."-- Illustrated London news, loc. cit.

The method of execution called: blowing from a gun

[London] : [Illustrated London news], [1857]

1 print : wood engraving ; image 15 x 23.5 cm

Execution of mutineers at Peshawur: blowing from the guns etc.

Wellcome Collection 579973i