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John Burke
View from Landi Kotal, looking down towards Landi Khana
1878-1879
Albumen print
23.2 x 29.4 cm (image)
The Royal Collection
RCIN 2501357
LL/93720
Photograph taken from Landi Kotal, looking down towards Landi Khana. There are high rocky peaks in the foreground with mountains rising behind. A river is running through the gorge to the right. The photographer John Burke travelled with the Peshawar Valley Field Force during the Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878-80), one of a series of conflicts between Britain and Russia over control of Afghanistan. His images from the war capture landscapes, key strategic sites and soldiers involved in the conflict.
From the collection of King Edward VII when Prince of Wales
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