Rome, view from the Colosseum towards the Forum. Photographer: Braun, Jean Adolphe
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Genre: Urban Topographical Photography Panoramic view looking westwards towards the Forum from the Colosseum, with the Arch of Constantine in the left foreground.
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography Panoramic view looking down onto the town and Lake Lucerne (the Vierwaldstättersee or Lake of the Four Forest Cantons) beyond. With a section of the old towered city wall on the right and the Hofkirche in the left background.
[Shewaki Minar (Minar-i-Chakri).] Photographer: Bengal Sappers and Miners
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Genre: War Photography View of the stone tower known as the Minar-i-Chakri, which marks the pass at the top of Takht-i-Shah, to the south of Kabul, not far from the village of Shewaki, with a group of soldiers posed at the base. Over 20 metres high, the tower was built in the early centuries A....
Genre: War Photography General view looking towards the Bala Hissar Gateway, flanked by its two octagonal towers, at the east side of the Bala Hissar citadel. Other copies of this photograph can be found at APAC Photo 197 (23), Photo 98 (12) and Photo 449/1 (16).
[Bala Hissar Gate, leading to the city, Kabul.] Photographer: Bengal Sappers and Miners
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Genre: War Photography General view of the gateway, similar to the Darwaza-i-Shah Shuja (see print 31), with the arched entrance flanked by two octagonal towers. This appears to be the Darwaza-i-Naghar Khana, situated at the north-west corner of the Bala Hissar. Other copies of this photograph ...
[Bala Hissar and palace, Kabul.] Photographer: Bengal Sappers and Miners
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Genre: War Photography Panoramic view from the south-east composed of two joined prints, looking towards the walls of the Bala Hissar citadel, with the Bala Hissar gateway (Darwaza-i-Shah Shuja) just to left of centre, and the walls of the Upper Bala Hissar on the higher ground behind. To the r...
[Lahore Gate, Kabul.] Photographer: Bengal Sappers and Miners
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Genre: War Photography General view looking along the roadway towards the somewhat dilapidated Lahore Gateway into the city, situated to the north of the Bala Hissar. Other copies of this photograph can be found at APAC Photo 197 (35), Photo 98 (14) and Photo 449/1 (5).
In Central park, New York. Photographer: Frith's Series
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Genre: Still Life Photography View looking down onto the boating lake at the south end of Central Park. On the right is the Angel of the Waters Fountain, placed in the park in 1873.