52 BRITISH RESIDENCY AT LUCKNOW. 



mentation, and the interior, supported by a number of 

 columns, is of a similar ^^ound-tint, relieved by quite 

 an artistic arrangement of glossy vine leaves in plaster, 

 painted pale green and white with pink veins ; these 

 cover the entire surface of the wall, producing a most 

 brilliant effect as they stand out upon the deep red 

 wall. I cannot resist recommending this style to 

 decorators, now that they are no more allowed to work 

 in the same groove year after year, but are rather 

 expected to produce new effects on all occasions. From 

 the roof of this building there is a splendid view of 

 the surrounding country. 



Within a handsome park stand the ruins of the 

 British Residency, so bravely defended during the 

 Mutiny by Sir Henry Lawrence, and after his 

 death by Brigadier Inglis, until Generals Havelock 

 and Outram came to the relief of the small garrison, 

 consisting of no more than 160 souls, they, the victori- 

 ous army, being in their turn besieged until Lord Clyde 

 forced his way to their rescue. There are four or five 

 buildings, one of which, the banqueting hall, made into' 

 an hospital during the siege, another the house of Dr. 

 Faegels, where Henry Lawrence died after having been 

 struck by a shell at the Residency. All now are black 

 and in ruins ; on one side lies the cemetery, where 

 those who had died during the siege were buried. 



