Rocky bit in the pass near Ali Musjid. Photographer: Burke, John
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Genre: Landscape Photography No. 37 in Burke catalogue of Afghan War views. Subjects = military (general); military campaigns Location = Ali Masjid; North-West Frontier Province; Pakistan
Buddhist Tope [at] Ispola, between Ali Musjid & Landi Kotal. Photographer: Burke, John
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Genre: Architectural Photography General view of ruined Buddhist stupa. For a more distant view see print 42. No. 40 in Burke catalogue of Afghan War views. Subjects = Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Buddhist); stupas Location = Ispola; North-West Frontier Province; Pakistan
General view Ispola & Sultan Kheyl villages, showing Buddhist Tope. Photographer: Burke, John
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Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the valley towards the villages, with a distant view of the ruined Buddhist stupa seen in print 41. No. 39 in Burke catalogue of Afghan War views. Subjects = Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Buddhist); stupas Location = Ispola; North-...
Group British officers (Q.O.) Guides. Photographer: Burke, John
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Genre: Portrait Photography Formal group posed beneath an awning, precise location unknown. No identifications supplied. Good study of uniforms. No. 30 in Burke catalogue of Afghan War views. Subjects = Indian Army; military (general); military campaigns; Punjab Infantry; Queen's Own Guides; ...
Group. Lt. General Sir Saml. J. Browne & staff with Generals Macpherson, Tytler, Gough & Appleyard. Safed Sang. Photographer: Burke, John
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Genre: Portrait Photography Formal group of British army officers. The identified figures are General Samuel James Browne (1824-1901), General Sir Herbert Taylor Macpherson VC ( 1827-1886), General John Adams Tytler (1825-1880), General Sir Hugh Henry Gough (1833-) and General Frederick Ernest ...
View from Landi Kotal Pass, looking over Landi Khana towards Dakka. Photographer: Burke, John
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Genre: Landscape Photography No. 45 in Burke catalogue of Afghan War views. Subjects = military (general); military campaigns Location = Landi Kotal; North-West Frontier Province; Pakistan
Kutchi (gipsy) village & encampment near Dakka. Photographer: Burke, John
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Genre: Landscape Photography General view of encampment of tents on hillside, with group of villagers posed in the foreground. 'In winter Utmanzi Kuchis, with 350 camels and Lalpura Ghilzais with about 250 camels settle in the neighbourhood' (Gazetteer of Afghanistan, vol IV, p.97, Calcutta, 19...
Western end Dakka Fort, looking towards Khurd Khyber. Photographer: Burke, John
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Genre: Landscape Photography General view of interior of fort, with mountains beyond. 'One mile to the west of the village stands an old fort, built in 1876 by Amir Sher Ali but now (1905) in ruins and unoccupied. The fort is rectangular, about 400 yards by 500, with walls 15 feet high. It has ...