Waiting for the Amir (Habibulla), Landi Khana. Photographer: Muspratt, Sydney Frederick
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Snapshot of group of military and civil officers, awaiting the arrival of Amir Habibullah Khan at Landi Khana. Precise details of the circumstances of the visit are not recorded here. Faded print.
Inscription: Inscribed in ink at bottom of print: 'Sir Henry Lawrence, 1852.' Genre: Portrait Photography A somewhat indistinct half-length, full-face portrait of Sir Henry Montgomery Lawrence (1806-1857), Bengal Artillery and defender of Lucknow.
Officers of the Sind Vol. R. Corps [Sind Volunteer Rifle Corps]. 1908. Photographer: Sequeira, Ignatius
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Inscription: Signed, numbered and captioned 'I. Sequeira. Karachi. 1' in the negative. Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait of officers of the Sind Volunteer Rifle Corps, posing under a tree, probably in Karachi. The same group of officers is shown in print 47.
Officers S. V. R. Corps [Sind Volunteer Rifle Corps], 1908. Photographer: Sequeira, Ignatius
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Inscription: Signed, numbered and captioned 'I. Sequeira. Karachi. 2' in the negative. Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait of officers of the Sind Volunteer Rifle Corps, posing under a tree, probably in Karachi. The same group of officers is shown in print 46.
Genre: Portrait Photography Mounted facing p. 39. Three-quarter length seated full-face portrait of Robert Cornelis, First Baron Napier of Magdala and Caryngton (1810-1890).
Major William Prendergast, commanding 3rd Punjab Cavalry. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Portrait Photography Mounted at foot of p. 61. Oval image. Three-quarter length seated half-right profile portrait, in civilian dress, of Major William Grant Prendergast (1815-1858), Bengal Army 1834-58. Prendergast raised the 3rd Punjab Cavalry at Lahore in 1849 and commanded it for sev...
Louis-Léon-César Faidherbe. Né à Lille, le 3 juin 1818. Photographer: Carjat, Etienne
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Genre: Portrait Photography Head-and-shoulders left half-profile portrait (oval image) of the French general and colonial administrator Louis Léon César Faidherbe (1818-1889).
Sir William Mansfield and personal staff. Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
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Genre: Portrait Photography Formal group portrait of Sir William Rose Mansfield, First Baron Sandhurst (1819-1876), Commander-in-Chief in India 1865-70, seated, with members of his personal staff gathered round him. This is probably No. 4608 in the Bourne and Shepherd catalogue, there described...