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032-003089917 Language Not applicable Name Bengal Sappers and Miners

1. Photo 449

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 449
Title:
P. V. Luke Collection: Photographs relating to the Second Afghan War, together with other Indian views. Photographer(s): Bengal Sappers and Miners
Scope & Content:
Collection consisting of two albums compiled or owned by Stephen Paget Walter Vyvyan Luke (1845-1929), telegraph officer during the Second Afghan War.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s-1890s
Extent:
Unspecified

2. Photo 449/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 449/1
Title:
P. V. Luke Collection: Afghan War Album. Photographer(s): Bengal Sappers and Miners
Scope & Content:
Brown cloth-covered album, spine repaired, stamped 'Scrap Album' in gold within decorative borders, measuring 277 x 380 mm, compiled by Stephen Paget Walter Vyvyan Luke (1845-1929), of the Indian Telegraph Service. Bookplate of British Legation, Kabul, on inside front cover. The album block is a...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1878-1910
Extent:
43 items

3. Photo 449/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 449/2
Title:
P. V. Luke Collection: Album of Afghan War and other Indian photographs. Photographer(s): Bengal Sappers and Miners
Scope & Content:
Maroon half leather bound album, album block detached from case, measuring 275x375mm. Most prints are mounted one to a page, with pencilled captions beneath. The contents of the album can be broadly broken as follows: Prints 1-35 Second Afghan War scenes photographed by the Bengal Sappers &...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s-1890s
Extent:
68 items

4. Photo 449/2(29)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 449/2(29)
Title:
Group of Bactrian camels & camel drivers. Photographer: Bengal Sappers and Miners
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Photographers uncertain. Probably photographed in Afghanistan. Subjects = Afghanis; animals; camel drivers; camels (Bactrian); caravans; ethnic groups; occupations
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 449/1(42)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 449/1(42)
Title:
Valley of Maidan [near Kabul]. Photographer: Bengal Sappers and Miners
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = military (general); military campaigns; panoramas Location = Afghanistan; Kabul; Maidan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1879
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 449/1(43)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 449/1(43)
Title:
Sherpur from Asmai [Kabul]. Photographer: Bengal Sappers and Miners
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Panoramic view composed of two joined prints, looking north-east across the valley from the Asmai Heights towards the Sherpur Cantonment on the farther side. With a village (Deh-i-Afghan?) in the foreground. Duplicate (in better condition) at Photo 197 (12). Subje...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1879
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 449/1(29)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 449/1(29)
Title:
[Country outside (?)Kabul.] Photographer: Bengal Sappers and Miners
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects =
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1879
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 449/1(39)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 449/1(39)
Title:
Kabul from Asmai. Photographer: Bengal Sappers and Miners
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Panoramic view composed of two joined prints looking eastwards over the city of Kabul from the Asmai Heights. The Bala Hissar can be seen in the distant to the right of centre with Timur's Tomb in the middleground. Duplicate (in better condition) at Photo 197 (27). ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1879
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 449/2(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 449/2(7)
Title:
Valley of Maidan [Kabul]. Photographer: Bengal Sappers and Miners
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = military (general); military campaigns; panoramas Location = Afghanistan; Kabul; Maidan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1879
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 449/1(38)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 449/1(38)
Title:
Saidabad, where fighting took place 25th & 26th April [1880]. Photographer: Bengal Sappers and Miners
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = military (general); military campaigns; panoramas Location = Afghanistan; Saiydabad; Vardak
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1879
Extent:
1 item