Pyramids, Pyramids--Egypt--Photographs, Pyramids of Giza (Egypt), Floods, Floods--Nile River
Title from manuscript inscription on the mount. Date devised by library staff. The photograph is signed "A. Beato" in the negative. Main Heritage... Show moreTitle from manuscript inscription on the mount. Date devised by library staff. The photograph is signed "A. Beato" in the negative. Main Heritage Display General HC.HP.2016.0053-0046 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26480591 BIB-ID: 2830407 Show less
Photograph album documenting the British campaigns in Afghanistan during the so-called Great Game. Most of the photographs portray British troops,... Show morePhotograph album documenting the British campaigns in Afghanistan during the so-called Great Game. Most of the photographs portray British troops, officers, camps, views of cities, ruins, pieces of artillery, antiquities, Buddha statues, and landscapes. Most of the photographs were taken by professional photographer John Burke. Burke first served in India as an apothecary assistant in the Royal Artillery. He left the army in 1861 to join William Baker, a retired sergeant who had started a photographic studio in Peshawar. Together they formed Baker and Burke Studio (1867–72), the first commercial studio in that region. In 1873 he established his firm, Burke & Co. (1873-1900) with studios in Peshawar, Rawalpindi, and Lahore. Thanks to his military background, Burke was able to accompany most of the British military campaigns in Afghanistan from the late 1860s to 1897. Out of this experience, he published a series of commercially produced albums collectively known as the Afghan War Album. As seen in this album, probably compiled by an officer or an amateur who collected loose prints, in addition to military subjects, Burke also produced views of landscapes and archaeological sites, as well as pictures of imperial offices and pageants, bazaars, mosques, and palaces in Lahore. 1878-79: The second Infantry Brigade (General Tytler) in the Afghan Campaign 1878-79 at Safed Sang ; The 2nd Infantry Brigade in Neemla [Nimlah] Bagh ; Officer Army Medical dep. with Khyber field force in Afghan campaigns Safed Sang [Ali] Masjid [Fort] 1879 ; Jumrood Fort ; Group of Natives Khyber Pass. ; Ali Musjid. Panorama. ; 1,2 Fort and Plain of Dakka. Panorama. ; 3, 4 Fort and Plain of Dakka. Panorama. ; 32,33 View of British Camp from South Hill Picquet. Panorama. ; 34, 35 View of British Camp from South Hill Picquet. Panorama. ; 13,14 City of Jellalabad from Piper’s Hill. Panorama. ; 15 City of Jellalabad from Piper’s Hill. Panorama ; Bridge over Cabul River Jellalabad. ; Part of City of Jellalabad. ; Main Street of Jellalabad from Cabul Gate. ; Cabul Gate Jellalabad. ; Sirkari [sic] Bagh. ; Piper’s Hill Picquet. ; General Hospital. Jellalabad. ; 52,53 British Camp Sufed Sung. Panoramic view ; 54 British Camp Sufed Sung. Panoramic view. ; View at Gundamuk looking towards Jugdulluck. ; View at Gundamuk. ; View of Bridge over River at Sufed Sung. ; View of S. & M. Camp sheving [sic] Cavalry Brigade Camp. ; Sapper and Miner’s Camp and old Cantonments 1842, Gundamuk. ; Artillery and Cavarly awaiting arrival of Yakoob Khan. ; Yakoob Khan’s Tent and Guard of Honour of H.M.’s 17th Regt., Sufed Sung. ; 44th Hill and Monument. ; Group of Bactrian Camels. ; Buddhist Sculptures found near Jellalabad. -- 1879-80: 19,20 Kabul from Upper Bala Hissar. ; 1,2 Bala Hissar and Palace. ; Residency (Front View). ; Back View ; Residency shewing [sic] Gate and Scaffold. ; Shah Shoujah’s Old Palace, Bala Hissar. ; Sapper and Miner’s Bastion Sherpur. ; Officers, General C. Gough’s Brigade. ; Officers 4th Goorkhas. ; Company 4th Goorkhas. ; Gun in Action. 6/8 R.A. ; Grave and Stone, J. H. Porter, Principal Medical Officer. Graveyard Kabul. ; Jamrud ; Bala Hissar Kabul. ; sowar ; Ali Musji [sic] ; Candahar, ; Captured Guns, Kabul. Title and date from item. The first 48 photographs are 27 x 20 cm, 5 are panoramas and 14 are smaller. Photographs have typescript or manuscript titles on the mount, under the print. Main Heritage Display General HC.HP.2014.0029 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i22091506 BIB-ID: 2364005 Show less
مسجد الخيف., Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages, Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages--Camps--Photographs
Manuscript annotations under and behind the print highlight what is visible in the picture, that is the Masjid al-Khayf ("جامع الخيف = Mosquée El... Show moreManuscript annotations under and behind the print highlight what is visible in the picture, that is the Masjid al-Khayf ("جامع الخيف = Mosquée El Kheif") and the tents of the Egyptian pilgrims, ("مقام الحج المصري = Campements des pèlerins égyptiens") during the day of the Sacrifice ("Mouna, le jour du sacrifice, Grand Bagrama [sic]"). Date and title from item. The photograph is dated and signed in the negative - both in Arabic and French. Autograph captions in Arabic and in French on the recto and on the verso of the mount. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2018.0265-0006 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i25456829 BIB-ID: 2712668 Show less
