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1901. Photo 1246/10(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1246/10(11)
Title:
[A valley with river and road]. Artist(s): Story-Maskelyne (née Dillwyn Llewelyn), Thereza Mary (1834-1926)
Scope & Content:
View of a valley with a river on the right and a fenced lined road on the left. Trees and mountains in the background. Pencil on paper; a page of a sketchbook.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1858
Extent:
1 item

1902. Photo 1246/10(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1246/10(13)
Title:
[A island in the middle of a lake]. Artist(s): Story-Maskelyne (née Dillwyn Llewelyn), Thereza Mary (1834-1926)
Scope & Content:
View of a lake with an island and boats on the left and a large mountain in the background; a building and a boat on shore in the foreground. Probably Lake Bled, Slovenia. The boats are known as a pletna. Pencil on paper; a page of a sketchbook.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1858
Extent:
1 item

1903. Photo 1253/1(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1253/1(3)
Title:
‘Radio TV Mountain’ in the centre of Kabul seen from where the Kabul River cuts through the mountains creating the Deh Mazang gorge. In the First Anglo-Afghan War it was the site of a crucial skirmish and hasty retreat by badly outnumbered British cavalry who had blundered into the midst of a massive Afghan army. Photographer(s): Norfolk, Simon
Scope & Content:
View of a mountain at night, lit up by the lights from the buildings. 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, chromogenic print on Fujicol...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2010-2011
Extent:
1 item

1904. Photo 1253/1(22)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1253/1(22)
Title:
The districts of Wazir Akbar Khan and Sherpur, home to all the NGOs and contractors, occupy the site of the former British fortress from the Second Anglo-Afghan War, ‘the Cantonment’. Glitzy, kitschy ‘poppy-palaces’, flung up in a hectic property boom after the land was illegally re-possessed from squatters, can command rents of $20,000 per week when leased out to Internationals. Photographer(s): Norfolk, Simon (1963–)
Scope & Content:
View of a city district with snowy mountains in the distance. 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, chromogenic print on Fujicolor Cryst...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2010-2011
Extent:
1 item

1905. Photo 1253/1(23)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1253/1(23)
Title:
'Cabul. West End Sherpur. Winter.' Photographer(s): Burke, John (1843–1900)
Scope & Content:
View of military buildings with snowy mountain range in the distance. Facsimile of work photographed by John Burke, 1879. There is a marking 'Burke 192', lower right of the image. Printed by Simon Norfolk, 2011. Stamped in black ink, verso, lower right: BY APPOINTMENT / JNO: BURKE LATE / BAKER ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2010-2011
Extent:
1 item

1906. Photo 1253/1(38)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1253/1(38)
Title:
Yards supplying construction materials in Nawabadi Guzargah district of Kabul, overlooked by American-controlled electronic eavesdropping equipment on the summit of Kohe Asmai. Photographer(s): Norfolk, Simon (1963–)
Scope & Content:
View of construction materials with a hill and radio transmitters in the background. 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, chromogenic p...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2010-2011
Extent:
1 item

1907. Photo 1253/1(45)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1253/1(45)
Title:
'Kutchi Village near Dakka.' Kuchi people are nomadic herders who move their herds of camels and sheep down into Pakistan in winter and back to Afghanistan in the warmer months. In recent years their transnational lifestyle has been seen as a security threat by the national government. Photographer(s): Burke, John (1843–1900)
Scope & Content:
View of some tents on a hillside. There are a group of people in the foreground on the left. Facsimile of work photographed by John Burke, 1878. There is a marking 'Burke 47', lower right of the image. Printed by Simon Norfolk, 2011 Stamped in black ink, verso, lower right: BY APPOINTMENT / JNO: ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2010-2011
Extent:
1 item

1908. Photo 1253/1(46)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1253/1(46)
Title:
Historically, Kuchis were strongly pro-Taliban; feelings made more intense by being bombed by NATO off their traditional grazing lands in Helmand. They are allowed to set up camp here on Kabul’s periphery only because it is below a large, new Afghan Army base. Photographer(s): Norfolk, Simon (1963–)
Scope & Content:
View of tightly packed tents with mountains in the distance. 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, chromogenic print on Fujicolor Crysta...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2010-2011
Extent:
1 item

1909. Photo 1253/1(47)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1253/1(47)
Title:
'Panorama Of The City Of Cabul & Surroundings. Taken from Bala Buhj. Shepur in the Distance.' [left side] Photographer(s): Burke, John (1843–1900)
Scope & Content:
View of a city landscape with mountains on the left and in the background [left side of the panorama]. Facsimile of work photographed by John Burke, 1879. Printed by Simon Norfolk, 2011. Stamped in black ink, verso, lower right: BY APPOINTMENT / JNO: BURKE LATE / BAKER & BURKE / ARTISTE PHOTO...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2010-2011
Extent:
1 item

1910. Photo 1253/1(48)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1253/1(48)
Title:
'Panorama Of The City Of Cabul & Surroundings. Taken from Bala Buhj. Shepur in the Distance.' [right side]. Photographer(s): Burke, John (1843–1900)
Scope & Content:
View of a city landscape with mountains in the background. Facsimile of work photographed by John Burke, 1879. There is a marking 'Burke 221', lower edge of the image. Printed by Simon Norfolk, 2011. Stamped in black ink, verso, lower right: BY APPOINTMENT / JNO: BURKE LATE / BAKER & BURKE / ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2010-2011
Extent:
1 item

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