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Collection Area Visual Arts Language Not applicable Name Baker and Burke

1. Photo 5(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 5(1)
Title:
H.H. the Amir Sher Ali [Khan] of Cabul, March 1869. Photographer: Baker and Burke
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length seated portrait, facing slightly to the left, his astrakhan hat placed on the table beside him. Taken at Ambala during the Amir's durbar with the Viceroy of India Lord Mayo.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Mar 1869
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 27

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 27
Title:
Miscellaneous views in India. Photographers: Felice Beato, Baker and Burke, Edward Francis Chapman, Alexander Rea, Deen Dayal, Samuel Bourne, John H. Doyle, Thomas Rust, F. Meissner and others.
Scope & Content:
Collection of 113 loose prints tipped onto modern mounts and enclosed in melinex sleeves. The original form of the collection before conservation is unknown, but presumably comprised prints mounted on card now discarded. A few original captions on original card have been preserved and are mounte...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1858-c 82
Extent:
113 items

3. Photo 27(23)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 27(23)
Title:
Amir Sher Ali. Photographer: Baker and Burke
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Half-length seated portrait in profile, wearing a black woollen hat, an elaborately patterned coat and grasping a sword in his right hand. A portrait taken on the same occasion as print 24 (qv), and almost certainly the photograph referred to in Baker & Burke's 1...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 27(24)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 27(24)
Title:
[Group at (?)Fort Jamrud:] Surg Gen H.W. Bellew, Amir Sher Ali, Sir F. Pollock, Gen Crawford Chamberlain. Photographer: Baker and Burke
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait, probably take at Fort Jamrud, with Amir Sher Ali seated in the centre of the three British officials. This group is almost certainly the photograph listed in the 1872 Baker & Burke catalogue as no. 10 in the series of portraits of Sher Ali Khan an...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 50/1(27)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 50/1(27)
Title:
[Afridi tribesmen at Fort Jamrud, North-West Frontier Province.] Photographer: Baker and Burke
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group portrait of tribesmen, posed with their weapons (jezails and rifles) in front of the fort. Possibly photographed by Baker & Burke during Lord Mayo's visit to the North-West Frontier. Subjects = Afridis (ethnic group); arms and armour; Bellew Collect...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 50/1(28)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 50/1(28)
Title:
[Afridi tribesmen at Fort Jamrud, North-West Frontier Province.] Photographer: Baker and Burke
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography A less clear photograph than the preceding print. Possibly photographed by Baker & Burke during Lord Mayo's visit to the North-West Frontier. Subjects = Afridis (ethnic group); Bellew Collection; ethnic groups; forts Location = Jamrud; North-West Fronti...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 50/1(29)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 50/1(29)
Title:
[Afridi tribesmen at Fort Jamrud, North-West Frontier Province.] Photographer: Baker and Burke
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = Afridis (ethnic group); Bellew Collection; ethnic groups; forts Location = Jamrud; North-West Frontier Province; Pakistan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 50/1(30)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 50/1(30)
Title:
[Afridi tribesmen, probably near Fort Jamrud, North-West Frontier Province.] Photographer: Baker and Burke
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Tribesmen posed at side of road, with hills beyond. Although the fort itself is not visible, some of the figures in the group also appear in print 27. Possibly photographed by Baker & Burke during Lord Mayo's visit to the North-West Frontier. Subjects = A...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 50/1(31)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 50/1(31)
Title:
[Afridi tribesmen, at Fort Jamrud, North-West Frontier Province.] Photographer: Baker and Burke
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Three figures, one posed in the act of aiming a jezail, grouped in front of the fort. Possibly photographed by Baker & Burke during Lord Mayo's visit to the North-West Frontier. Subjects = Afridis (ethnic group); Bellew Collection; ethnic groups; forts Locat...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 50/1(38)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 50/1(38)
Title:
[Portrait of Sher Ali Khan, Amir of Afghanistan.] Photographer: Baker and Burke
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length seated portrait (oval vignette), wearing heavy coat and black Astrakahn hat, sword in left hand. Probably taken during the return from the Ambala durbar with the Viceroy Lord Mayo, possibly at Jamrud. Duplicate at print 78. Photograph probably by Baker &a...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Apr 1869
Extent:
1 item