Luminous-Lint - for collectors and connoisseurs of fine photography
HOME  BACK>>> Subscriptions <<< | Testimonials | Login |

HomeContentsVisual indexesJohn Burke

 
  
Standard
  
  
John Burke 
Ali Musjid and camp from Sultan Tarra, showing Sunga, where Major Birch and Lieutenant Fitzgerald, 27th Punjab Infantry, were killed 
1878-1880 
  
Albumen print 
20.6 x 31.6 cm (image) 
  
The Royal Collection 
RCIN 2702076 
  
 
LL/93678 
  
Photograph showing topographical view of the British Army camp in Ali Masjid, now Pakistan, filled with many tents and huts, animals and people. Large hills to the left and behind. The Second Afghan War (1878-80) took place in this area. John Burke was an unofficial photographer who was travelling with the Peshawar Valley Field Force, during that time.
 
Photograph in album presented by the Earl of Lytton (1831-91), Viceroy of India to Queen Victoria in 1880 
 

 
  
 
  
HOME  BACK>>> Subscriptions <<< | Testimonials | Login |
 Facebook LuminousLint 
 Twitter @LuminousLint