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IOR/L/PS/20/B178/1
- Record Id:
- 041-001628294
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000564257
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000002019.0x00023e
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/20/B178/1
- Title:
- Photographs taken by the Survey of India Department, Photographic Office, of sketches by Sir Edward Law Durand while with the Afghan Boundary Commission
- Scope & Content:
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The album contains 23 loose photographic reproductions (mounted on a board) of watercolour sketches and washes made by Sir Edward Law Durand while attached to the Afghan Boundary Commission between 1884 and 1886. There is also a handwritten list of Durand’s drawings (4 folios).
Not all the photographs have captions. The following is a list of those which do. Information in square brackets [] is taken from Mildred Archer, British Drawings in the India Office Library, volume I, (HMSO: London, 1969), pp.170-182. The numbers refer to the number given to each photograph, usually bottom right corner of the board (there are no numbers 18 and 19 in the album):
1 Karawal Khana, Murghab Valley, Maruchak [Afghanistan]
2 Char Shamba [Shambeh] Valley
3 Khamiab [Afghanistan], showing Dev Kila
4 Arsari District [Ersari houses], near Khamiab [Afghanistan]
5 Khamiab Oxus from Dev Kila
9 Bala Murghab [Afghanistan]
10 Band i Saka (1886)
12 Ruins of Bridge, Maruchak (1885)
13 Gorge, Murghab River (1885)
15 Issik Bulak, hot sulphur springs near Char Shamba [Shambeh, Afghanistan] (1886)
16 Ata Khan Khwaja ali Maimana [Afghanistan] (1886)
17 Daulatabad (1886)
20 Hari Rud, near Kusan
21 Oxus (1886)
22 Andkhoi [Andkhui, Afghanistan] (1886)
23 Naratu, Kushk Valley
24 Near Tagao Robat
25 Gulran [Afghanistan] (1884) - Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000564257
037-000564319
040-001615988
041-001628294 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/20 : Political and Secret Department Library
IOR/L/PS/20/B : Political and Secret Department Library: 'B' Books
IOR/L/PS/20/B178 : Photographs of sketches by Sir Edward Law Durand while with the Afghan Boundary Commission, and related papers, plus printed…
IOR/L/PS/20/B178/1 : Photographs taken by the Survey of India Department, Photographic Office, of sketches by Sir Edward Law Durand while with… - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0020]/036-000564257[0002]/037-000564319[0032]/040-001615988[0001]/041-001628294
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 album
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1884
- End Date:
- 1886
- Date Range:
- 1884-1886
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Publications:
- Mildred Archer, British Drawings in the India Office Library, volume I, (HMSO: London, 1969), pp.170-182
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Related Material:
- Two sets of the photographic copies of Durand's sketches in Prints and Drawings collections (PDP references: Photo 12 and Photo 231), as are the original sketches (PDP references: WD 376-475)