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WD247(39)
- Record Id:
- 040-003851605
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003851564
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100120694868.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100162039313.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WD247(39)
- Title:
- f.39' Surtof on the Kahun road. a. spot where Walpole Clarke was killed. May 15th, 1840' (Baluchistan).
- Scope & Content:
- Pen and ink drawing of Surtof on the Kahun road by Dr. Rupert Kirk, dated 15th May 1840. This is one of 95 drawings (90 folios), chiefly of landscapes and monuments in the Deccan, West India and Afghanistan made between 1821 and 1844 by George Boyd. Three of the drawings in the album are by Kirk who was Assistant Surgeon and later Surgeon in 1830-52 and served in Afghanistan 1839-40 with the 1st Grenadier Regiment, Bombay Native Infantry. This drawing is for plate 2 of R. Kirk,' Views of defiles and mountain passes in Affghanistan' (London, 1841)During the First Afghan War (1839-1842) the outpost of Kahun, Baluchistan, was defended from May 16th to September 28th 1840 by a battalion of 140 men in extremely hot, inhospitable conditions against an overwhelming force of hostile tribesmen until they were forced to capitulate.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003851564
040-003851605 - Is part of:
- WD247 : Album of 95 drawings chiefly of landscapes and monuments in the Deccan, W. India and Afghanistan. 1821-44. Includes some work by other…
WD247(39) : f.39' Surtof on the Kahun road. a. spot where Walpole Clarke was killed. May 15th, 1840' (Baluchistan). - Hierarchy:
- 032-003851564[0041]/040-003851605
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: WD247
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100162039313.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Styles:
- British school
European school - Start Date:
- 1840
- End Date:
- 1840
- Date Range:
- 1840
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
- Pen and ink on paper; 23 x 35.6 cm
- Finding Aids:
- Mildred Archer, British drawings in the India Office Library (London, 1969) Volume I-II, 137-139
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)