View of the Descent from Khurd Khyber, Looking Towards Bassaule: Photographs, India, Presented by Lord Lytton, 1880 1878-80

Albumen print | 24.1 x 29.4 cm (image) | RCIN 2702090

John Burke (1843-1900)

View of the Descent from Khurd Khyber, Looking Towards Bassaule 1878-80

Description

Photograph with several Indians or Afghans and an Englishman (in pith helmet), some standing or sitting, while travelling along a pass, some on horseback, which winds between rocky hills. The Khurd Khyber Pass is a defile in the Khurd range of mountains in the Jalalabad district of Afghanistan, looking towards Basaul, Afghanistan.

Provenance

Photograph in album presented by the Earl of Lytton (1831-91), Viceroy of India to Queen Victoria in 1880
People involved

Creator(s)

Search the collection John Burke (1843-1900)
(photographer)
Physical properties

Medium and techniques

Albumen print

albumen print

Measurements

24.1 x 29.4 cm (image)

34.1 x 46.4 cm (page dimensions)
Groupings
Category
Photographs
Object type(s)
visual works
photographs
Subject(s)
Places
Asia
India
Khyber Pass
Afghanistan
Social sciences
Military affairs
Wars, Campaigns & Battles
Wars
Wars of the nineteenth century
Second Afghan War (1878-1880)
Geography
Physiography
Hills
Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Earth sciences
Rocks
Science, Medicine and Technology
Industries, Crafts and Trades
Clothing
Headgear
Turbans
Hats
Pith helmets
References

Alternative title(s)

View of the Descent from Khurd Khyber, Looking Towards Bassaule