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John Burke
Queen's Own Guides
1878-1879
Albumen print
20.2 x 29.2 cm (image)
The Royal Collection
RCIN 2501355
LL/93718
Photograph of officers of the Queen's Own Guides, a regiment of the British Indian Army. They are arranged in a group under awning with some sitting and others standing. They are wearing military uniform and holding swords. Two soldiers wearing turbans are standing on a rocky ridge behind them 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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