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Maps 51850/10(8)
- Record Id:
- 040-003218722
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003218714
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100026761935.0x000eb6
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Maps 51850/10(8)
- Title:
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[Ruins of the Residency, Kabul, front view.] Photographer: Bengal Sappers and Miners
- Scope & Content:
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Genre: War Photography
Close view of a portion of the gutted Residency building in the Bala Hissar. The Residency was situated in the south-eastern part of the Bala Hissar: for a detailed plan of its position, see accompanying 'Cabul Defences No. 6. Plan Bala Hissar - Cabul. Subsequent to demolition and reconstruction.' Other copies of this photograph can be found at APAC Photo 197 (8), Photo 98 (18) and Photo 449/1 (10). Reproduced in Francis Gordon Cardew (et al.), 'The Second Afghan War 1878-80. Abridged official account' (London, 1908), facing p. 184.
- Collection Area:
- Map Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003218714
040-003218722 - Is part of:
- Maps 51850/10 : Photographs of Kabul and environs [Second Afghan War]. Photographer(s): Bengal Sappers and Miners
Maps 51850/10(8) : [Ruins of the Residency, Kabul, front view.] Photographer: Bengal Sappers and Miners - Hierarchy:
- 032-003218714[0008]/040-003218722
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Maps 51850/10
- 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:
- 1878
- End Date:
- 1880
- Date Range:
- c 1879
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 205 mm x 281 mm
Format: Loose
Secondary Support: Card
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Known
- Names:
- Bengal Sappers and Miners
- Subjects:
- Architectural Types
Architecture
Government buildings
Military Campaigns and Battles
Official Residences
Residencies
Residency (Kabul)
Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878-80)