Scene in the city — Jellalabad. Photographer: Burke, John
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Inscription: Signed 'Burke 77' in the negative. Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait of Afghan men, including two musicians, seated beneath trees in the city.
William Sterndale Bennett, Esq., Mus. Doc. Photographer: Maull and Polyblank
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Genre: Portrait Photography Three-quarter length standing portrait of the composer Sir William Sterndale Bennett (1816-1875). With biographical notice by Edward Walford. Part issued April 1858 and date stamped by British Museum 31 March 1858. Exhibited: Photographic Society, London 1858.
Barbad the minstrel, invisible in a tree, playing music to Khusraw and his courtiers
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Barbad the minstrel, invisible in a tree, playing music to Khusraw and his courtiers, two of whom offer cups of wine. The miniature is numbered '14' in the outer margin. 12.5 by 12 cm. (ex Monif Collection, New York). Purchased, July 1953. For other miniatures detached from the same manuscr...