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The Mutiny of the Heroine Rani Lakshmi Bai of Jhansi
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Rani Lakshmi Bai was a widow of Raja Gangadhar Rao, the Maharaja of Jhansi, whose state had been annexed by the British. On June 10, 1857, following a massacre of Europeans by local Indian troops, she was proclaimed ruler. One of the first freedom fighters, she resisted the British and was killed in June 1858. She later became a legendary mutiny heroine and an icon for the Indian independence movement. In this image she wears a British crown and has her sword raised.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineThe Mutiny of the Heroine Rani Lakshmi Bai of Jhansi, c. 1890. Eastern India, Bengal, Kolkata, Kalighat. Gum tempera, graphite, ink, and tin on paper; secondary support: 48.5 x 29.6 cm (19 1/8 x 11 5/8 in.); painting only: 45.5 x 28 cm (17 15/16 x 11 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of William E. Ward in memory of his wife, Evelyn Svec Ward, 2003.146
