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Subject Musical Instruments Place Afghanistan, Asia

1. Photo 1253/1(59)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1253/1(59)
Title:
'Jellallabad. Scene in the City with musicians.' Photographer(s): Burke, John (1843–1900)
Scope & Content:
View of a group of musicians seated under some trees. Facsimile of work photographed by John Burke, 1878. There is a marking 'Burke 77', lower right of the image. Printed by Simon Norfolk, 2011. Stamped in black ink, verso, lower right: BY APPOINTMENT / JNO: BURKE LATE / BAKER & BURKE / ART...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2010-2011
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 1253/1(60)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1253/1(60)
Title:
At a music school on Kabul, boys are taught the traditional Afghan instrument the rubab. Difficult to play, it is a skill which nearly became extinct due to the Taliban prohibition on secular music. Photographer(s): Norfolk, Simon (1963–)
Scope & Content:
View of five musicians holding a musical instrument under some trees posed on carpets. Stamped in black ink, verso, lower right: Burke + Norfolk / Photographs from the war in Afghanistan by John Burke and Simon Norfolk / Printed by Simon Norfolk, September 2011 / An archival, digital, chromogen...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2010-2011
Extent:
1 item

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