Photographer: John Burke (1843 - 1900) and others. Images showing troops and landscapes during the Second Anglo-Afghan War. 1878 - 1880. 16 albumen and collodion paper prints. Various sizes between circa 22 x 28 cm and 15 x 20 cm. 2 signed by Burke in the negative, each mounted to both sides of board (traces of use, soiling in edges), some annotated on the mount in ink. The images include a pile of military "trophies" after the Battle of Peiwar Kotal 1878, a view of Peiwar Kotal, the camp of Dargai, Chakdara Bridge, a mule battery and other images of the Second Anglo Afghan War. – Some fading in edges, otherwise in good condition. Provenance: Günter Heil Collection
Photographer: John Burke (1843 - 1900) and others. Images showing troops and landscapes during the Second Anglo-Afghan War. 1878 - 1880. 16 albumen and collodion paper prints. Various sizes between circa 22 x 28 cm and 15 x 20 cm. 2 signed by Burke in the negative, each mounted to both sides of board (traces of use, soiling in edges), some annotated on the mount in ink. The images include a pile of military "trophies" after the Battle of Peiwar Kotal 1878, a view of Peiwar Kotal, the camp of Dargai, Chakdara Bridge, a mule battery and other images of the Second Anglo Afghan War. – Some fading in edges, otherwise in good condition. Provenance: Günter Heil Collection
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