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211. Photo 430/2(68)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/2(68)
Title:
Dost's Family [Kabul]. Photographer: Burke, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait showing members of the family of the late Amir Dost Muhammad. An almost identical portrait, with the figures slightly differently posed, at shelfmark Photo 14 (1), supplies the following identifications of the sitters: 1. Mahomed Karim Khan, son of Dos...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1879-1880
Extent:
1 item

212. Photo 430/2(69)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/2(69)
Title:
General Roberts and staff [Kabul]. Photographer: Burke, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events On horseback, slightly distant, on the Maidan in the Sherpur Cantonment. This photograph appears to have been taken on the same occasion as print 71. Duplicate at Photo 430/3 (36). Subjects = cantonments; Curzon Collection; military (general); military campaigns; mili...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Oct 1879
Extent:
1 item

213. Photo 430/2(70)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/2(70)
Title:
Durbar Maidan and Logar Chiefs [Kabul]. Photographer: Burke, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events View looking across the Maidan in the Sherpur Cantonment, with British troops on parade in foreground. Duplicate at Photo 430/3 (33). Subjects = cantonments; Curzon Collection; durbars; military (general); military campaigns; military facilities; official events
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1879
Extent:
1 item

214. Photo 430/2(71)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/2(71)
Title:
General Roberts inspecting guns [Kabul]. Photographer: Burke, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events General Roberts and staff on horseback in the Sherpur Cantonment, inspecting captured Afghan artillery. Duplicate at Photo 430/3 (35). Second copy neg at B.7531. Subjects = arms and armour; cantonments; Curzon Collection; field guns; military (general); military campa...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Oct 1879
Extent:
1 item

215. Photo 430/2(72)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/2(72)
Title:
Cemetery from West Bemaru [Kabul]. Photographer: Burke, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking down onto the small British cemetery just outside the north-west corner of the Sherpur Cantonment. Duplicate at Photo 430/3 (54). Subjects = cemeteries; Curzon Collection; military (general); military campaigns
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1879
Extent:
1 item

216. Photo 430/2(73)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/2(73)
Title:
Sham Shere Bridge [Kabul]. Photographer: Burke, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking towards the triple-arched bridge across the Kabul River, with an Indian soldier posed on the riverbank in the foreground. Duplicate at Photo 430/3 (41). Subjects = bridges; Curzon Collection; military (general); military campaigns; river scenes Loca...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1879
Extent:
1 item

217. Photo 430/2(74)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/2(74)
Title:
Gurzergas Bridge [Guzargah]. Photographer: Burke, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = bridges; Curzon Collection; military (general); military campaigns; river scenes Location = Afghanistan; Guzargah; Kabul; Kabul (river)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1879
Extent:
1 item

218. Photo 430/2(75)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/2(75)
Title:
Bit of the road in the Demazung Gorge. Photographer: Burke, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography The gorge is at the village of Deh Mazang or Mozang on the Ghazni road just outside Kabul. 'On the 11th December 1879, this village was held by 200 men of the 72nd Highlanders sent out from Sherpur, and the Afghan advance was checked' (Gazetteer of Afghanistan, part...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1879-1880
Extent:
1 item

219. Photo 430/2(76)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/2(76)
Title:
General view, musjid and graves [Kabul]. Photographer: Burke, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Muslim cemetery in foreground, with the Masjid-i-Bala Chaok (Babar Shah's Masjid) beyond (partially obscured). Duplicate at Photo 430/3 (45). Subjects = cemeteries; Curzon Collection; military (general); military campaigns
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1879-1880
Extent:
1 item

220. Photo 430/2(77)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/2(77)
Title:
The laager and abattis, north-west corner, Sherpur. Photographer: Burke, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = cantonments; Curzon Collection; Indian Army; military (general); military campaigns; military facilities; snow scenes
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1879-1880
Extent:
1 item