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1. Photo 1104

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1104
Title:
Views of the North-West Frontier and miscellaneous snapshots of India. Photographer(s): Holmes, Randolph Bezzant and others
Scope & Content:
Collection of 65 loose prints, 1-28 by Randolph Bezzant Holmes of Peshawar, showing the scenery and people of the North-West Frontier. Prints 29-65 are miscellaneous snapshots from various parts of India (and present-day Pakistan), with a few photographs taken in Baghdad. Prints 1-9 are part of ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900s-c. 1930
Extent:
65 items

2. Photo 1104(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1104(1)
Title:
Exit of the Khyber Pass into the Peshawar Plains. Photographer: Holmes, Randolph Bezzant
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'Holmes 4' in the negative. Genre: Landscape Photography View looking eastwards towards the start the Khyber Pass, with the plains in the distance. Army vehicles can be seen climbing the winding road up into the pass in the foreground. Caption taken from the Holmes catalogu...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1919
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 1104(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1104(2)
Title:
Camp at Landi Kotal (left half of panorama). Photographer: Holmes, Randolph Bezzant
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'Holmes 7' in the negative. Genre: Landscape Photography Left-hand section of a two-part panoramic view of the British military camp at Landi Kotal in the Khyber Pass, continued in print 3. Caption taken from the Holmes catalogue, of which this is no. 7 in the 'Afghan War S...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1919
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 1104(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1104(3)
Title:
Camp at Landi Kotal (right half of panorama). Photographer: Holmes, Randolph Bezzant
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'Holmes 7a' in the negative. Genre: Landscape Photography Right-hand section, continued from print 2, of a two-part panoramic view of the British military camp at Landi Kotal in the Khyber Pass, with the fort on the left. Caption taken from the Holmes catalogue, of which th...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1919
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 1104(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1104(4)
Title:
Looking towards the water works on the road to Landi Khana. Photographer: Holmes, Randolph Bezzant
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'Holmes 9' in the negative. Genre: Landscape Photography View looking down onto the waterworks, apparently still under construction, with the road through the Khyber Pass winding round and above the site. Caption taken from the Holmes catalogue, of which this is no. 9 in th...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1919
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 1104(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1104(5)
Title:
Khargali Ridge and Bagh (left half of panorama). Photographer: Holmes, Randolph Bezzant
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'Holmes 18' and captioned 'Khargali Ridge and Bagh' in the negative. Genre: Landscape Photography Left-hand section of a two-part panoramic view, continued in print 6, looking across the mountains overlooking Landi Khana, with a river below in the right foreground. Caption ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1919
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 1104(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1104(6)
Title:
Landi Khana Camp (right half of panorama). Photographer: Holmes, Randolph Bezzant
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'Holmes 18a' and captioned 'Landi Khana' in the negative. Genre: Landscape Photography Right-hand section of a two-part panoramic view, continued from print 5, looking down onto the British military camp at Landi Khana, with the road through the Khyber Pass running along th...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1919
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 1104(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1104(7)
Title:
The double road to Landi Khana. Photographer: Holmes, Randolph Bezzant
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'Holmes 19' and captioned 'Looking towards Landi Khana' in the negative. Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the double road clinging to the hillside of the Khyber Pass, leading down into Landi Khana. Caption taken form the Holmes catalogue, of which this is no....
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1919
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 1104(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1104(8)
Title:
From Kafirkote towards Dakka. Kabul River in the distance and remains of old Grecian fort wall on near hill. Photographer: Holmes, Randolph Bezzant
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'Holmes 21' and captioned 'From Kafirkote towards Dakka' in the negative. Genre: Landscape Photography View from the western end of the Khyber Pass near Landi Khana, looking across the hills into Afghanistan. The archaeological remains noted in the title run along the ridge...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1919
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 1104(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1104(9)
Title:
A view of [Shinwari] villages in the Khyber. Photographer: Holmes, Randolph Bezzant
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'Holmes 35' and captioned 'Shinwari villages, Khyber' in the negative. Genre: Landscape Photography View from a neighbouring hillside, looking across the valley towards a group of fortified villages of the Shinwari tribe, with cultivated fields in the foreground. Each of th...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1919
Extent:
1 item