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Collection Area Printed Collections Language Not applicable Subject Military officers

1. 1784.a.13, 2(57)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 2(57)
Title:
Camp architecture. January, 1864. Photographer: O'Sullivan, Timothy H.
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography Group portrait of two officers and their wives seated in front of the brick and canvas accommodation: 'The ingenuity and taste of the American soldier is strikingly illustrated in the variety of architecture with which he adorns his summer quarters … Sometimes a framework...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jan 1864
Extent:
1 item

2. 1784.a.13, 2(76)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 2(76)
Title:
A fancy group. Front of Petersburg, August, 1864. Photographer: Knox, David
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography Group of members of the Army of the Potomac seated in front of tents, with two negro men holding cocks which they are about to release to fight: 'The monotony of camp life [during the siege of Petersburg] was relieved by every variety of amusement that was known, or could...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Aug 1864
Extent:
1 item

3. 1787.d.7, 3(18)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 3(18)
Title:
Scene in Nanking Arsenal. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Portrait of two Chinese officers, posed with a workman among armaments of various sorts in the arsenal at Nanking (Nanjing): 'The Arsenal was built under the auspices of Li-hung-chang. It was the first of its kind in China, and stands near the site of...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1872
Extent:
1 item

4. 1862.b.20(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
1862.b.20(11)
Title:
Khyber side of Sarkai Hill looking south — Officers of the Q.O. Guides reconnoitring. Photographer: Burke, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking over folded ranges of hills in the Khyber Pass, with a group of British officers on the hillside in the foreground.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1878-1879
Extent:
1 item

5. 1862.b.20(20)

Reference (shelfmark):
1862.b.20(20)
Title:
Shergai Heights — Genl. Appleyard V.C., C.B. and staff — Ali Musjid. Photographer: Burke, John
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'Burke 12' in the negative. Genre: War Photography View looking across the mountains from the Shagai Heights, with General Frederick Ernest Appleyard and members of his staff, posed on the hillside in the foreground. Appleyard has here been awarded the Victoria Cross in err...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1878-1879
Extent:
1 item

6. 1862.b.20(21)

Reference (shelfmark):
1862.b.20(21)
Title:
Captured guns from Ali Musjid parked on Shergai Height — Genl. Appleyard V.C., C.B. and staff. Photographer: Burke, John
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'Burke 11' in the negative. Genre: War Photography View looking down onto captured Afghan artillery, with tents of the British camp in the background. General Appleyard and members of his staff stand in the left foreground. Reproduced as an engraving in 'The Graphic' of 7 J...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1878-1879
Extent:
1 item

7. 1862.b.20(39)

Reference (shelfmark):
1862.b.20(39)
Title:
Officers H.M.'s 51st Regt on Sultan Tarra (showing various uniforms). Photographer: Burke, John
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'Burke 20' in the negative. Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait of British officers, seated on the rocky hillside of Sultan Tarra, with three tribesmen seated above them. Reproduced as an engraving in 'The Graphic' of 7 June 1879, with the title: 'The Afghan War—Offi...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1878-1879
Extent:
1 item

8. 1862.b.20(44)

Reference (shelfmark):
1862.b.20(44)
Title:
Group of British Officers Q.O. Guides. Photographer: Burke, John
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'Burke 30' in the negative. Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait of officers of the Queen's Own Guides, photographed at an undentified location, probably in the Khyber Pass. This photograph was reproduced as an engraving in 'The Graphic' of 31 May 1879, where the sitt...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1878
Extent:
1 item

9. 1862.b.20(45)

Reference (shelfmark):
1862.b.20(45)
Title:
Lt. Genl. Sir S. J. Browne and staff — with Gens. Macpherson, Tytler, Gough and Appleyard (Safed Sang). Photographer: Burke, John
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'Burke 73' in the negative. Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait of British officers at Safed Sang in Afghanistan. Another copy at Photo 430/2 (38).
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1878-1879
Extent:
1 item

10. 1862.b.20(54)

Reference (shelfmark):
1862.b.20(54)
Title:
Khyber chiefs and khans with Capt. Tucker (Political Officer in Jamrood Fort). Photographer: Burke, John
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'Burke 58' in the negative. Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait of Afridi tribesmen with Captain (later Major-General) Louis Henry Emile Tucker (1843-1935) of the Punjab Police, posed at the base of a rubble masonry wall, presumably part of Jamrud fort. Another copy ...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1878-1879
Extent:
1 item