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.
[Group portrait of Afghan dignitaries, the family of Dost Mahomed, probably taken at Kabul.] Photographer: Burke, John
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Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait of members of the Afghan ruling family centred round the young Mahomed Unus, son of Sher Ali Khan (Amir of Afghanistan 1863-66 and 1868-79. All the figures have a number neatly inked on the print above their heads corresponding to the following identif...
Inscription: Signed 'Burke 286' in the negative. Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Group portrait of three young dancing girls, seated on a rug. Photograph reproduced in Omar Khan, 'From Kashmir to Kabul. The Photographs of John Burke and William Baker 1860-1900' (Prestel, 2002), p. ...
Inscription: Signed and numbered 'Bremner - 61' in the negative. Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Group portrait of five Afghan men, posed with a donkey in front of a mud house. The figure on the left is seated on a charpoy, smoking a water pipe. Almost certainly photographed in Pak...
Frith's Series blindstamp. Kashmir and Ladakh were visited by album compiler between 3 April and 30 November 1878. Full-length studio portrait of two Afghan men, one seated, one standing; probably photographed in Kashmir.