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71. Photo 50/1(51)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 50/1(51)
Title:
[Portrait of Prince Abdullah Jan.] Photographer: Taylor, Clarence Comyn
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length seated portrait of the son of Amir Sher Ali Khan, possibly taken at the Ambala Durbar by Clarence Comyn Taylor (see note at print 79). The table in the photograph is the same as that seen in print 50. Subjects = Afghan rulers; Bellew Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Mar 1869
Extent:
1 item

72. Photo 50/1(77)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 50/1(77)
Title:
Courtyard of Wali Shere Ali's zenana [Kandahar]. Photographer: Simpson, Benjamin
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and numbered 'B. Simpson 46' in the negative. Genre: Architectural Photography View looking across courtyard towards the zenana, with European and Afghani figures posed beyond the pool in foreground. One of the series of views taken by Simpson in and around Kandahar and mar...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1881
Extent:
1 item

73. Photo 50/1(69)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 50/1(69)
Title:
[The Viceroy Lord Mayo with senior army officers, Peshawar.] Photographer: Baker and Burke
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Group of officials posed with the Viceroy Lord Mayo in the garden of Colonel Pollock's house. This is a variant of no. 1 in the series of views 'Illustrative of Lord Mayo's late Visit to Peshawur' advertised in Baker and Burke's 1872 catalogue, and there titled, 'Gro...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870
Extent:
1 item

74. Photo 50/1(79)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 50/1(79)
Title:
[Portrait of Amir Sher Ali Khan of Afghanistan.] Photographer: Taylor, Clarence Comyn
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length seated studio portrait. This portrait show the Amir wearing the same coat seen in the durbar photographs by Taylor (see print 48) and was presumably therefore taken by him on that occasion. This in turn leads to the attribution of prints 50 and 51 to Tayl...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Mar 1869
Extent:
1 item

75. Photo 50/1(64)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 50/1(64)
Title:
[Dighton Pollock and M. Pollock on horseback with Indian servant, possibly at Peshawar.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Two children, seated on horseback with an Indian servant standing in attendance. Duplicates at Photo 752/12 (40) and Photo 1143/1 (55); in the latter the children are identified as Dighton Pollock and M. Pollock, presumably the children of Sir Frederick Richard Poll...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

76. Photo 50/1(70)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 50/1(70)
Title:
[Group with Amir Sher Ali Khan at Fort Jamrud.] Photographer: Baker and Burke
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Group of Sher Ali Khan (centre), Henry Walter Bellew (seated left), Col Crawford Trotter Chamberlain (seated right), and Sir Frederick Pollock (standing). Portrait taken at Fort Jamrud after the Viceroy's durbar at Ambala. Duplicate at Photo 27 (24) (qv). Subjects ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Apr 1869
Extent:
1 item

77. Photo 50/1(76)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 50/1(76)
Title:
Tombs of Hazratgi and Shere Ali's father [Kandahar]. Photographer: Simpson, Benjamin
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and numbered 'B. Simpson 11' in the negative. Genre: Architectural Photography General view, with figure seated in foreground. One of the series of views taken by Simpson and marketed by Bourne and Shepherd.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1881
Extent:
1 item

78. Photo 50/1(47)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 50/1(47)
Title:
[Durbar at Ambala between Amir Sher Ali Khan and the Viceroy Lord Mayo.] Photographer: Taylor, Clarence Comyn
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Group portrait of participants at the durbar standing in the durbar tent. Lord Mayo and Sher Ali Khan in the centre, Afghani sirdars at the left and British political officers at the right. The young son of the Amir, Abdullah Jan, stands to the left of Mayo. The identif...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
29 Mar 1869
Extent:
1 item

79. Photo 50/1(49)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 50/1(49)
Title:
[Durbar at Ambala between Amir Sher Ali Khan and the Viceroy Lord Mayo.] Photographer: Taylor, Clarence Comyn
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Group portrait similar to print 47, but with figures seated. Amir Sher Ali's head is blurred through movement during the exposure. See print 58 for a sharper group taken on the same occasion. Subjects = Afghan rulers; Bellew Collection; durbars; official events; vicer...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Mar 1869
Extent:
1 item

80. Photo 50/1(91)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 50/1(91)
Title:
Ahmed Shah's Tomb from Kirka Sharif [Kandahar]. Photographer: Simpson, Benjamin
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and numbered 'B. Simpson 42' in the negative. Genre: Architectural Photography General view. One of the series of views taken by Simpson in and around Kandahar and marketed by Bourne and Shepherd.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1881
Extent:
1 item