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121. Photo 197(20)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 197(20)
Title:
Shewaki Minar [Minar-i-Chakri]. Photographer: Bengal Sappers and Miners
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of the stone tower known as the Minar-i-Chakri, which marks the pass at the top of Takht-i-Shah, to the south of Kabul not far from the village of Shewaki, with a group of soldiers posed at the base. The tower collapsed in 1988 from lack of maintenance. For...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item

122. Photo 197(21)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 197(21)
Title:
Black [Block] House, Seah Sung. Photographer: Bengal Sappers and Miners
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of blockhouse on the heights of Siah Sang. Another copy at Photo 98 (47). Subjects = blockhouses; military (general); military campaigns; military facilities
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item

123. Photo 197(22)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 197(22)
Title:
Fort Asmai, interior, [looking south-west]. Photographer: Bengal Sappers and Miners
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View from the battlements of Fort Asmai, on the summit of the Asmai Heights west of the city, looking south-west along the valley of the Kabul River. Another copy at Photo 98 (44). Subjects = forts; military (general); military campaigns
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item

124. Photo 197(23)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 197(23)
Title:
Bala Hissar Gate, [Kabul]. Photographer: Bengal Sappers and Miners
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Duplicate of Photo 98 (12), with another copy at Photo 449/1 (16).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item

125. Photo 197(24)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 197(24)
Title:
Bala Gorge, [Kabul]. Photographer: Bengal Sappers and Miners
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Panoramic view composed of two joined prints, looking along the ridge towards blockhouses. Subjects = forts; military (general); military campaigns; panoramas
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item

126. Photo 197(25)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 197(25)
Title:
Fort Sher, Derwaza. Photographer: Bengal Sappers and Miners
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of part of the interior of the fort on the Sher Darwaza Heights south of the city. Print marked 'Confidential'. Another copy at Photo 98 (49). Subjects = forts; military (general); military campaigns
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item

127. Photo 197(26)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 197(26)
Title:
Graveyard, Kabul. Photographer: Bengal Sappers and Miners
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking down onto the cemetery, enclosed by a stone wall, situated at the north-west corner of the Sherpur Cantonment. Other copies at Photo 98 (49) and Photo 449/1 (17). Subjects = cemeteries; military (general); military campaigns
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item

128. Photo 197(27)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 197(27)
Title:
Kabul from Asmai. Photographer: Bengal Sappers and Miners
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Panoramic view composed of two joined prints, looking eastwards across the city, with the octagonal, domed mausoleum of Timur Shah and the large surrounding garden dominating the right-hand section. Subjects = military (general); military campaigns; panoramas
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item

129. Photo 197(28)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 197(28)
Title:
Portion of Sherpur, shewing R.E.. Park. Photographer: Bengal Sappers and Miners
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events View of the Royal Engineers Park at the west end of the Sherpur Cantonment, with tents and other equipment in the foreground. Other copies at Photo 98 (22) and Photo 449/1 (26). Subjects = cantonments; military (general); military campaigns; military facilities
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item

130. Photo 197(29)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 197(29)
Title:
Bridge over Kabul River. Photographer: Bengal Sappers and Miners
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the river towards the wooden pile bridge, known as the 'Pul-i-Feringhi', built just to the north of Fort Ibrahim Khan, on the road linking the Sherpur Cantonment and Siah Sang. See also prints 30 and 44. Another copy at Photo 98 (30). Subjects =...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item