John Nicholas Tresidder

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John Nicholas Tresidder
Born
10 January 1819
Died(1889-05-27)27 May 1889
Dulwich, London
OccupationPhysician
Known forPhotography

John Nicholas Tresidder (10 January 1819-27 May 1889) was a British physician in the Indian Medical Service and photographer, known for his images of India between 1853 and 1867.

Career

From 1842 to 1877, Tresidder was in the Indian Medical Service.[1] He served in the First Anglo-Sikh War, and then in the Second Anglo-Sikh War in 1849.[2][3] In 1854 he was appointed Civil surgeon at Kanpur.[3] He returned to India in October 1857 following a period of furlough, thereby escaping the massacre of British people in Kanpur in the summer of 1857.[3] That year he joined the 42nd Regiment,[3] and witnessed the punishments ordered by Neill.[4]

Tresidder's London exhibition of photographs in 1862 included his collection taken in Kanpur in 1858.[1] His photos included that of Jwala Pershad on 3 May 1859, and Moulvi Salumut Ali at the age of 104.[5] He photographed Satti Chaura Ghat, Gungoo Mehter,[6] and Henry Havelock's approach to the Kanpur well.[7] His image of Pershad has frequently been mistaken for Tatya Tope.[8]

Death and legacy

Tresidder died on 27 May 1889 at Dulwich, England.[2] His album of photographs is held at the Alkazi Foundation for the Arts, New Delhi.[9][10][11]

References

  1. Llewellyn-Jones, 2017, p. 21
  2. Crawford, Lieutenant-Colonel D. G. (1930). Roll of the Indian Medical Service 1615-1930. Vol. 1. Kolkata: W, Thacker & Co. p. 128. ISBN 978-1-78150-229-7. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  3. Llewellyn-Jones, 2017, pp. 250-260
  4. Llewellyn-Jones, 2017, pp. 130-131
  5. Llewellyn-Jones, 2017, pp. 118-122
  6. Llewellyn-Jones, 2017, pp. 126-129
  7. Llewellyn-Jones, 2017, pp. 213-233
  8. Tange, Andrea Kaston (2021). "Picturing the Villain: Image-Making and the Indian Uprising". Victorian Studies. 63 (2): 193–223. doi:10.2979/victorianstudies.63.2.02. ISSN 0042-5222.
  9. Willcock, Sean (28 November 2016). "Insurgent citizenship: Dr John Nicholas Tresidder's photographs of war and peace in British India" (PDF). British Art Studies. Birbeck Institute. Archived from the original on 16 June 2026. Retrieved 15 June 2026.
  10. "Tressider Album | Books & Albums, Film & Photography". Impart. Retrieved 15 June 2026.
  11. "The Tresidder album (1857-1863) | Alkazi Foundation". Retrieved 15 June 2026.

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