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John Burke
Group of Afghans
[Afghan War 1878-79 Peshawur Valley Field Force J. Burke.]
1878-1879
Albumen print
21.1 x 28.8 cm (image)
The Royal Collection
RCIN 2501388
LL/93650
Photograph of a group of six Afghan soldiers. The man sitting at the front of the group is pointing a long gun to the right. There is a man standing behind him holding a curved sword and three of the other soldiers are holding guns. They are wearing traditional Afghan clothes of loose robes and turbans or caps. There is a camp behind them with a tent to the left. 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. In addition to photographing landscapes and key strategic sites he captured prominent Afghan tribes and soldiers involved in the conflict.
From the collection of King Edward VII when Prince of Wales
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