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John Burke
Scene outside Jalalabad
[Afghan War 1878-79 Peshawur Valley Field Force J. Burke.]
1878-1879
Albumen print
23.9 x 29.7 cm (image)
The Royal Collection
RCIN 2501393
LL/93655
Photograph of a scene outside Jalalabad. Afghan men wearing loose robes and turbans are gathered under a group of trees. A man to the right is holding an instrument and a man sitting in the centre of the group is holding a pipe. 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 people involved in the conflict.
From the collection of King Edward VII when Prince of Wales
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