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1862.b.20(73)
- Record Id:
- 040-003215389
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003215316
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100026761935.0x0001b1
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- 1862.b.20(73)
- Title:
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Major Cavagnari C.S.I. and Chief Sirdars with Kunar Syud. Photographer: Burke, John
- Scope & Content:
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Inscription: Signed 'Burke 85' in the negative.
Genre: Portrait Photography
Group portrait, with Major Pierre Louis Napoleon Cavagnari (1841-1879) seated on a carpet in the centre. The group was taken in Jalalabad during negotiations with various Afghan tribes in the area. Omar Khan, in 'From Kashmir to Kabul. The photographs of John Burke and William Baker 1860-1900' (Prestel, 2002), p. 115, identifies the following sitters: Kunar Syed (seated to right of Cavagnari), Sirdar Kala Khan (seated to left of Cavagnari), Sirdar Wally Mohamed, Sirdar Ali Mahomed Khan. Cavagnari negotiated the Treaty of Gandamak with Amir Yakub Khan in May 1879 and was subsequently appointed Resident at Kabul, where he was killed in September of the same year. Another copy at Photo 430/2 (31).
- Collection Area:
- Printed Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003215316
040-003215389 - Is part of:
- 1862.b.20 : Afghan War 1878-79. Peshawur Valley Field Force. J. Burke. Photographer(s): Burke, John
1862.b.20(73) : Major Cavagnari C.S.I. and Chief Sirdars with Kunar Syud. Photographer: Burke, John - Hierarchy:
- 032-003215316[0073]/040-003215389
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: 1862.b.20
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Techniques:
- Albumen Print
Photograph
Photographic Print
Silver Printing-Out Paper Print - Start Date:
- 1879
- End Date:
- 1879
- Date Range:
- 1879
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 237 mm x 291 mm
Format: Photograph Album
Secondary Support: Card
- Former External References:
- 85
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Known
- Names:
- Burke, John, 1843-1900
Cavagnari, Pierre Louis Napoleon, Knight, army and political officer in India, 1841-1879 - Subjects:
- Military Campaigns and Battles
Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878-80)