Black Hole Of Calcutta

British prisoners are held in the Black Hole of Calcutta, after the Nawab of Bengal captured Fort William, June 1756. A contemporary account claims that 123 of the 146 prisoners died of heat and suffocation, but doubts have since been cast on the veracity of the account. An engraving by W. Bromley after a painting by W. Artaud. (Photo by Rischgitz/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
British prisoners are held in the Black Hole of Calcutta, after the Nawab of Bengal captured Fort William, June 1756. A contemporary account claims that 123 of the 146 prisoners died of heat and suffocation, but doubts have since been cast on the veracity of the account. An engraving by W. Bromley after a painting by W. Artaud. (Photo by Rischgitz/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Black Hole Of Calcutta
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Credit:
Rischgitz / Stringer
Editorial #:
80665451
Collection:
Hulton Archive
Date created:
June 01, 1956
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Source:
Hulton Archive
Object name:
J150073701
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