Kuta-Kushta — the ravine with village in foreground. Photographer: Burke, John
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Inscription: Signed 'Burke 32' in the negative. Genre: Landscape Photography View from the hillside above the village of Kuta-Kushta in the Khyber Pass, looking towards the ravine seen in the previous prints.
Jellalabad — the main street showing covered bazaar. Photographer: Burke, John
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Inscription: Signed 'Burke 75' in the negative. Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking along the main street of Jalalabad, with the shops of the bazaar lining either side and with a large number of shopkeepers and other onlookers posed for the photographer along the length of the ...
Peshawar Fort and surroundings — from Jail. Photographer: Burke, John
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Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the road towards the fort, with figures posed on the highway in the foreground. Reproduced in Omar Khan, 'From Kashmir to Kabul. The photographs of John Burke and William Baker 1860-1900' (Prestel, 2002), plate 2, and there dated 1860-64.
Shadi Bagiar — Entrance to Khyber Pass. Photographer: Burke, John
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Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the defile at the start of the Khyber Pass, with British soldiers and a camel caravan in the foreground.
Lalpura — from the ferry. Photographer: Burke, John
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Inscription: Signed 'Burke 51' in the negative. Genre: Landscape Photography View across the Kabul River towards Lalpura on the far bank, with a flat-bottomed ferry, moored at the crude jetty in the left foreground.
Landi Kotal camp — looking east towards Ali Musjid. Photographer: Burke, John
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Inscription: Signed 'Burke' and '61' in the negative. Genre: War Photography View looking down onto the tents of the British military encampment on the plateau at Landi Kotal, with an Afghan walled house inthe foreground. Another copy at Photo 430/2 (19).
The Kabul River, Jellalabad — scene of the disaster. Photographer: Burke, John
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Inscription: Signed 'Burke 59' in the negative. Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the Kabul River near Jalalabad, with mountains rising on the right. The disaster refers to the drowning of 49 men of the 10th Hussars, while crossing the river on the night of 29 March 1879. Another...