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Collection Area Visual Arts Subject Afghans

1. Photo 14(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 14(1)
Title:
[Group portrait of Afghan dignitaries, the family of Dost Mahomed, probably taken at Kabul.] Photographer: Burke, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait of members of the Afghan ruling family centred round the young Mahomed Unus, son of Sher Ali Khan (Amir of Afghanistan 1863-66 and 1868-79. All the figures have a number neatly inked on the print above their heads corresponding to the following identif...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 430/3(60)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/3(60)
Title:
Nautch girls [Kabul]. Photographer: Burke, John
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'Burke 286' in the negative. Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Group portrait of three young dancing girls, seated on a rug. Photograph reproduced in Omar Khan, 'From Kashmir to Kabul. The Photographs of John Burke and William Baker 1860-1900' (Prestel, 2002), p. ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1879-1880
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 1166/2(46)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1166/2(46)
Title:
Afghans. Photographer: Bremner, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and numbered 'Bremner - 61' in the negative. Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Group portrait of five Afghan men, posed with a donkey in front of a mud house. The figure on the left is seated on a charpoy, smoking a water pipe. Almost certainly photographed in Pak...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 1224/2(162)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/2(162)
Title:
Afghan Traders. Photographer: Frith's Series
Scope & Content:
Frith's Series blindstamp. Kashmir and Ladakh were visited by album compiler between 3 April and 30 November 1878. Full-length studio portrait of two Afghan men, one seated, one standing; probably photographed in Kashmir.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item