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1. 1784.a.10(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.10(3)
Title:
Dhurmsala.— Lower view. Photographer: Egerton, Philip Henry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View from the mountainside, looking down onto the town and cantonment below, with hills stretching away in the distance beyond.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1863
Extent:
1 item

2. 1862.b.20(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
1862.b.20(7)
Title:
General view of Peshawar — looking towards Khyber. Photographer: Burke, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View across the cantonment area of the city towards St John's Church, with snow-clad mountains in the distance. Reproduced in Omar Khan, 'From Kashmir to Kabul. The photographs of John Burke and William Baker 1860-1900' (Prestel, 2002), plate 3, and there dated 1860...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860-1864
Extent:
1 item

3. Maps 51850/10(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 51850/10(2)
Title:
[Sappers and Miners Bastion, Sherpur, Kabul.] Photographer: Bengal Sappers and Miners
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography View looking along the southern portion of the western perimeter wall of the Sherpur Cantonment, with soldiers of the Sappers and Miners sheltering behind it. The Bengal Sappers and Miners' position within the cantonment is marked on the accompanying plan no. 2 in this co...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item

4. Maps 51850/10(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 51850/10(6)
Title:
[View from Bimaru, Kabul, showing the Pugwan Range.] Photographer: Bengal Sappers and Miners
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography Caption taken from duplicate at APAC Photo 197 (6). A similar view by John Burke can also be found at APAC Photo 430/3 (14) and supplies a more precise identification: 'The laager and abattis, north-west corner, Sherpur.' The view is taken from the north-west corner of t...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item

5. Maps 51850/10(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 51850/10(7)
Title:
[Portion of Sherpur, Kabul, showing Aliabad Kotal.] Photographer: Bengal Sappers and Miners
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography View looking down onto a portion of the Sherpur Cantonment and its western perimeter wall, across the plain and towards the mountains beyond. Other copies of this photograph can be found at APAC Photo 197 (7), Photo 98 (23) and Photo 449/1 (35). Photo 98 (23) is captioned...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item

6. Maps 51850/10(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 51850/10(9)
Title:
[Noonday gun, Kabul.] Photographer: Bengal Sappers and Miners
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography Close view of a field gun, presumably in the Sherpur Cantonment. For another copy, see APAC Photo 197 (9).
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item

7. Maps 51850/10(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 51850/10(12)
Title:
[Sherpur from Asmai, Kabul.] Photographer: Bengal Sappers and Miners
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography Panoramic view composed of two joined prints, looking north-east from the lower slopes of the Asmai Heights, across open ground towards the Sherpur Cantonment and the Bimaru Heights in the distance. With the fortified village of Deh Afghan in the foreground. The valley l...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item

8. Maps 51850/10(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 51850/10(19)
Title:
[Portion of Sherpur, Kabul, showing the Sher Darwaza.] Photographer: Bengal Sappers and Miners
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography View looking down onto the cantonment and towards its western perimeter wall, with Headquarters Gateway in the centre, and the Sher Darwaza Heights rising beyond on the skyline in the centre of the print. Other copies of this photograph can be found at APAC Photo 197 (19)...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item

9. Maps 51850/10(24)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 51850/10(24)
Title:
[Bala Gorge, Kabul.] Photographer: Bengal Sappers and Miners
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography Panoramic view composed of two joined prints, looking along the ridge towards blockhouses. These appear to be the fortified positions, plans and elevations of which are in the accompanying sheet 17, 'Sherpur Cantonments Blockhouse No. 6 in the gorge between the two Bemaru...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item

10. Maps 51850/10(26)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 51850/10(26)
Title:
[Graveyard, Kabul.] Photographer: Bengal Sappers and Miners
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography View looking down onto the cemetery and enclosing stone wall, situated at the north-west corner of the Sherpur Cantonment. Other copies of this photograph can be found at APAC Photo 197 (26), Photo 98 (49) and Photo 449/1 (17).
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item