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31. Photo 197(37)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 197(37)
Title:
View from Bimaru, shewing the Kohistan Route. Photographer: Bengal Sappers and Miners
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View from Bimaru, looking across the plain towards the mountains. Another copy at Photo 449/1 (32). Subjects = military (general); military campaigns
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item

32. Photo 197(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 197(3)
Title:
Fort Onslow, Bimaru. Photographer: Bengal Sappers and Miners
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of part of Fort Onslow. Print marked 'Confidential' in the negative. Another copy at Photo 98 (39). Subjects = forts; military (general); military campaigns
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item

33. Photo 197(20)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 197(20)
Title:
Shewaki Minar [Minar-i-Chakri]. Photographer: Bengal Sappers and Miners
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of the stone tower known as the Minar-i-Chakri, which marks the pass at the top of Takht-i-Shah, to the south of Kabul not far from the village of Shewaki, with a group of soldiers posed at the base. The tower collapsed in 1988 from lack of maintenance. For...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item

34. Photo 197(25)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 197(25)
Title:
Fort Sher, Derwaza. Photographer: Bengal Sappers and Miners
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of part of the interior of the fort on the Sher Darwaza Heights south of the city. Print marked 'Confidential'. Another copy at Photo 98 (49). Subjects = forts; military (general); military campaigns
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item

35. Photo 197(27)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 197(27)
Title:
Kabul from Asmai. Photographer: Bengal Sappers and Miners
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Panoramic view composed of two joined prints, looking eastwards across the city, with the octagonal, domed mausoleum of Timur Shah and the large surrounding garden dominating the right-hand section. Subjects = military (general); military campaigns; panoramas
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item

36. Photo 197(22)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 197(22)
Title:
Fort Asmai, interior, [looking south-west]. Photographer: Bengal Sappers and Miners
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View from the battlements of Fort Asmai, on the summit of the Asmai Heights west of the city, looking south-west along the valley of the Kabul River. Another copy at Photo 98 (44). Subjects = forts; military (general); military campaigns
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item

37. Photo 197(33)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 197(33)
Title:
Bala Hissar and Palace, [Kabul]. Photographer: Bengal Sappers and Miners
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Panoramic view from the south-east, composed of two joined prints, looking towards the walls of the Bala Hissar, with the Bala Hissar Gateway (Darwaza-i-Shah Shuja) just to left of centre, and the walls of the Upper Bala Hissar on the higher ground behind. To th...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item

38. Photo 197(14)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 197(14)
Title:
N.E. of Sherpur. Photographer: Bengal Sappers and Miners
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking across Bimaru village and the plain, towards the mountains. Other copies at Photo 98 (26) and Photo 449/1 (15). Subjects = cantonments; military (general); military facilities
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item

39. Photo 197(38)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 197(38)
Title:
Block House, Sher Dawaza. Photographer: Bengal Sappers and Miners
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View from a fortified position at the summit of the Sher Darwaza Heights which overlook Kabul from the south, looking along the wall built along the ridge towards other blockhouses. Print marked 'Confidential'. Subjects = forts; military (general); military campai...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item

40. Photo 197(44)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 197(44)
Title:
Bridge over Kabul River. Photographer: Bengal Sappers and Miners
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the river towards the wooden bridge, also seen in prints 29-30. Reproduced in Francis Gordon Cardew (et al.), 'The Second Afghan War 1878-80. Abridged official account' (London, 1908), facing p. 394, and there captioned, 'The 'Pul-i-Feringhi' over...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item