Photograph of the memorial erected on the site of the 1857 Bibighar massacre at Cawnpore (now Kanpur) where more than 200 British women and children were killed. The memorial features an octagonal screen enclosure with gothic arches. At the front, facing the viewer, is an angel designed by Baron Carlo Marochetti (1805-67) looking down to the right, holding palms. Standing facing the viewer is a solitary British soldier with his left hand resting on a walking stick. On the steps leading to the monument is his pith helmet.

Charlotte, Countess Canning (1817-61), the wife of the Governor General and a correspondent of Queen Victoria, was instrumental in arranging the memorial's erection. Many members of the royal family visited the site during their tours of India in the 19th and early 20th centuries.