*A view
of Hyderabad in the Scinde. Sir Charles Napier in the foreground
followed
by his escort of Scinde horse. Lithograph by Capt. Sir Augustine
Fitzgerald,
c.1850* (BL)
"The Battle of Meeanee" (1843), a steel engraving by Armitage and
Allen, 1855
Source: ebay, July 2001
Sir Charles Napier, winner of the battle of Meeanee (1843) and
first Governor
of Sindh
Source: ebay, Aug. 2005
The newly-founded "Punch" published a cartoon in which Napier
claimed
his victory by saying "PECCAVI" (in Latin, "I have sinned"). More
discussion:
*VictorianWeb*
"Launch of the 'Meanee', 80 guns, at
Bombay," from the Illustrated London News, 1849
Source: ebay, Apr. 2010
"Entrance of Sir William Mansfield
into Jacobabad, Scinde," from the Illustrated London News, 1865
Source: ebay, Sept. 2009
"General Sir Charles Napier, of Sind,
called by the natives Satan's Brother," a sketch by Isabel Burton, from
her book 'Arabia, Egypt, India: A Narrative of Travel', 1879
Source: ebay, Jan. 2011
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