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Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1246/2(47)
Title:: Frith [Eastward Ho! August 1857 by Henry Nelson O'Neil]. Photographer(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:: A photograph of an engraving that depicts the wives and families saying their farewells to the soldiers departing to war (First Indian War of Independence). Albumen print Inscription in pencil beneath print: 'Frith'
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1840s-1850s
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1246/2(49)
Title:: Frith [Home Again 1859 by Henry Nelson O'Neil]. Photographer(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:: A photograph of an engraving that depicts the soldier's return from war (First Indian War of Independence) and wives and families greeting them. A soldier is being helped off the boat. Albumen print Inscription in pencil beneath print: 'Frith'
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1840s-1850s
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1253/1(26)
Title:: 'Upper Bala Hissar. South Face.' Photographer(s): Burke, John (1843–1900)
Scope & Content:: View of a fortress on a hill, there are three soldiers to right in the foreground. Facsimile of work photographed by John Burke, 1879. There is a marking 'Burke 215', lower left of the image. Printed by Simon Norfolk, 2011. Stamped in black ink, verso, lower right: BY APPOINTMENT / JNO: BURKE LAT...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 2010-2011
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1253/1(74)
Title:: 'Camp and Abattis At Sherpur. 5th Punjaub Infantry. 25th Dec 1879.' This picture was taken two days after one of the fiercest battles of the war. A force of 50,000 Afghans besieged and then attacked the cantonment and were repulsed by the defenders making special use of the new ‘Gatling’ machine guns. Why Burke didn’t photograph the aftermath is a mystery – more than 3,000 Afghan bodies lay on the battlefield. Photographer(s): Burke, John (1843–1900)
Scope & Content:: View of soldiers and artillery at cantonment in the snow. Facsimile of work photographed by John Burke, 1879. There is a marking 'Burke 190', lower right of the image. Printed by Simon Norfolk, 2011. Stamped in black ink, verso, lower right: BY APPOINTMENT / JNO: BURKE LATE / BAKER & BURKE...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 2010-2011
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1253/1(75)
Title:: Afghan police trainees being taken to the firing ranges by US Marines, Camp Leatherneck, Helmand. Photographer(s): Norfolk, Simon (1963–)
Scope & Content:: View of soldiers walking in a line. Stamped in black ink, verso, lower right: Burke + Norfolk / Photographs from the war in Afghanistan by John Burke and Simon Norfolk / Printed by Simon Norfolk, September 2011 / An archival, digital, chromogenic print on Fujicolor Crystal Archive / Photograph...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 2010-2011
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1253/1(76)
Title:: 'Mackeson’s Bridge.' Long trains of pack animals carried all the British supplies from India through the passes into Afghanistan. Up to 40,000 camels were employed. In fact, so many were requisitioned from northern India that is thought that their loss set back economic development in the region by decades. Photographer(s): Burke, John (1843–1900)
Scope & Content:: View of a line of troops with camels moving through a valley. Facsimile of work photographed by John Burke, 1878. There is a marking 'Burke 35', lower right of the image. Printed by Simon Norfolk, 2011. Stamped in black ink, verso, lower right: BY APPOINTMENT / JNO: BURKE LATE / BAKER & BU...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 2010-2011
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1253/1(79)
Title:: 'Guns, Captured at Ali Musjid.' Burke photographed lines of captured enemy matériel on several occasions. The pictures were popular back in the Imperial homeland, giving the impression the war was successful and therefore justified. Support faltered later in the campaign after battlefield setbacks and reports of savage reprisals. Photographer(s): Burke, John (1843–1900)
Scope & Content:: View of a row of guns with a camp in the background: General Appleyard, C.B. V.C. and staff on the left. Facsimile of work photographed by John Burke, 1878. There is a marking 'Burke 11', lower right of the image. Printed by Simon Norfolk, 2011. Stamped in black ink, verso, lower right: BY APPO...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 2010-2011
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1253/1(80)
Title:: ‘The Dewan-I-Aum in Bala Hissar, Shewin Bala Burj & Sherderwaza.’ After the capture of the Bala Hissar, the British quartered Gurkha soldiers in the ruins of the Royal Palace and gardens and the summerhouse that had been the British Mission. Photographer(s): Burke, John (1843–1900)
Scope & Content:: View of ruins of a hall with horses and tent in front. A fortress is on the hill in the background. Facsimile of work photographed by John Burke, 1879. There is a marking 'Burke 285', lower left of the image. Printed by Simon Norfolk, 2011. Stamped in black ink, verso, lower right: BY APPOINTME...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 2010-2011
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1253/1(91)
Title:: ‘Durbar in Sherpur Cantonments.’ A thin crowd of onlookers watches a British ceremonial display before a tent crowded with dignitaries. Photographer(s): Burke, John (1843–1900)
Scope & Content:: View of an open space of the cantonment; a group of people on the right and rows of troops in front of a large tent to the left. Facsimile of work photographed by John Burke, 1879. There is a marking 'Burke 269', lower left of the image. Printed by Simon Norfolk, 2011. Stamped in black ink, ver...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 2010-2011
Extent:: 1 item

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