Shere Ali Khan, Amir of Cabul. Photographer: Taylor, Clarence Comyn
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Genre: Portrait Photography Head and shoulders vignette portrait showing the Amir wearing the same coat seen in the Ambala Durbar photograph by Taylor (see Print 11 and others in Photo 50/1) and was presumably therefore taken by him on that occasion. Subjects = Afghan rulers; Macnabb Collection
[Group with Amir Sher Ali Khan and British and Afghan officials, Ambala.] Photographer: Taylor, Clarence Comyn
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Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait, with Amir Sher Ali seated with European political officers and two unidentified Afghani sirdars. The Europeans are Surgeon Major Henry Bellew (standing at left), Col (later Sir) Frederick Pollock (seated to left of Amir), Col (later General Sir) Crawf...
[Portrait of Dighton Pollock and M. Pollock on ponies, possibly at Peshawar.] Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Portrait Photography A young girl and boy (aged about 5 and 7) are seated on ponies with a syce standing between them. The children can also be seen on the verandah of MacNabb's bungalow in print 160. Another copy of this photograph at Photo 1143/1 (55), where the children are identifie...
Golden Temple in which Grunth is kept. The 4 pinnacles cased with thin gold plates presented by Rajas of Patiala, Jheend [and] Nabha. Photographer: Baker, William Henry
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Genre: Architectural Photography Reproduced in Omar Khan, 'From Kashmir to Kabul. The Photographs of John Burke and William Baker 1860-1900' (Prestel, 2002), p. 86. Another copy at Photo 96/3(34). Subjects = Indian architecture; Indian Architecture (Sikh); Macnabb Collection; temples Locati...
Lord Mayo at the mouth of the Khybur. Photographer: Baker and Burke
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Genre: Historical Events View showing the Viceroy and party on horseback, with Khyber tribesmen on the left and a conical hill in the distance. Probably the photograph listed in the Baker & Burke catalogue as 'Lord Mayo and Party returning from Kohat, taken in Kohat Pass at a Khore'. Duplic...
Takht Singh, M'Raja of Johdpore [sic]. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length portrait of Takht Singh (Maharaja of Jodhpur 1843-73), heavily bejewelled and seated on a throne, holding a sword in his right hand and looking directly towards the camera.
Lord Mayo's Durbar for Amir Shere Ali [at Ambala]. Photographer: Taylor, Clarence Comyn
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Genre: Historical Events Duplicates at Photo 211/1 (81) and Photo 50/1 (58). From this print and duplicates the following sitters can be named: Indian officials Sirdar of Kulsea (?); Nawab of Mulier Kotal; Raja of Kapurthala; Raja of Nabha; Maharaja of Patiala. Afghan officials Amir Sher Ali Kh...