Афганистан конца XIX века. Коллекция Джона Бёрка

sandrina — 12.09.2021
Elephant and Mule Battery, 1878-1879. @ World Digital Library (By courtesy of the Library of Congress)


General view from Ali Masjid, looking back towards Peshawur, showing the whole of the Khyber & country operated in by troops, 1878. © British Library Board


Amir of Afghanistan, Yakub Khan, with his family, 1879. © British Library Board


Sir Frederick Roberts and the Sirdars of Kabul, 1879. @ World Digital Library (By courtesy of the Library of Congress)


Besutee Hazara Chiefs (Hazaras of Besud), 1879-1880. © British Library Board


Ali Masjid (Khyber Pass) and the British Camp, 1878. @ World Digital Library (By courtesy of the Library of Congress)


A view of the army encampment at Dakka Fort of the Khyber Pass, 1878. © British Library Board


Landi Kotal (a small town at the western edge of the Khyber Pass), 1878-1880. @ World Digital Library (By courtesy of the Library of Congress)


The Amir’s Garden, Jalālābād, 1878-1880. @ World Digital Library (By courtesy of the Library of Congress)


Buddhist Tope (Stupa) at Sphola, 1878. @ World Digital Library (By courtesy of the Library of Congress)


Buddhist ruins on top of a hill near Basawal in the Nangarhar province, 1878. © British Library Board


Shah-do-Shamsher Bridge and the Shah-do-Shamsher Masjid (mosque) in Kabul, 1878-1880. @ World Digital Library (By courtesy of the Library of Congress)


Kabul River's old Bridge with Bala Hissar (High Fort) in the background, 1878-1880. @ World Digital Library (By courtesy of the Library of Congress)


Bala Hisar fortress, Kabul, 1879. Via Printerest


Afghan artillery captured during the British occupation of Kabul in October–December 1879. @ World Digital Library (By courtesy of the Library of Congress)


Means of Carrying the Wounded, 1878-1880. @ World Digital Library (By courtesy of the Library of Congress)


An Afghan Water Mill, 1878-1880. @ World Digital Library (By courtesy of the Library of Congress)


A pile of military "trophies" after the Battle of Peiwar Kotal in November 1878. @ World Digital Library (By courtesy of the Library of Congress)


Group of beggars in Kabul, 1879-1880. © British Library Board


The mausoleum of Timur Shah (ruled 1772-1793) in Kabul, 1879-80. © British Library Board


The Residency in Kabul, 1879. © British Library Board


The Bala Burj (Watch Tower) near Kabul, 1879. © British Library Board


Peshawur Fort and surroundings from Jail, 1878. © British Library Board


Fort Attock with bridge of boats & Khairabad, from below the old serai on left bank of Indus (now in Pakistan), 1878. © British Library Board


A group of merchantsin Kabul, 1879-1880. © British Library Board


View from Sha Sahid's Mosque in Kabul, 1879-1880. © British Library Board



The valley at Jagdalak, 1879-1880. © British Library Board


Afridi picket near Jumrood, Khyber & Rotass, 1878. © British Library Board


Guzergao Bridge on Kaubul River at Guzargah (or Gozargah) a suburb in western Kabul, 1879-1880. © British Library Board


Khaffiristan (modern Nuristan) slaves in Kabul, 1879-1880. © British Library Board


Masjid-i-Bala Chauk mosque (Baber Shah's Musjid) in Kabul, 1879. © British Library Board


A group of Afghan prisoners with escort 45th Rattray's Sikhs, on the Khurd Khyber, 1878. © British Library Board


Western wall of fort [at Ali Masjid], showing right corner bastion & position of the three conical peaks forming enemy's right defence, 1878. © British Library Board


Lahore Gate of Kabul, 1879-1880. © British Library Board


the bridge of boats across the Indus and the Attock fort, seen from Khairabad, 1878. © British Library Board


Soldiers framed in the snow in the Sherpur Cantonment, Kabul, 1879. © British Library Board


Kaubul Police, 1878-1879. © British Library Board


Photographic panorama of the city of Kabul, 1878-1879. © British Library Board



Nautch girls in Kabul, 1878-1879. © British Library Board


Kutchi (gipsy) village & encampment near Dakka, 1878. © British Library Board


Bemaru, a village at the north east corner of the Sherpur Cantonments, 1878-1879. © British Library Board


Jellalabad, the main street with covered bazaar, 1878. © British Library Board


View of a formal garden at Jalalabad, 1878. © British Library Board


A group of musicians in a street of Jalalabad, 1878. © British Library Board


Kuta-Kushta, the ravine with village in foreground, 1878. © British Library Board

Джон Берк (John Burke, circa 1843 - 1900) - ирландский фотограф, который оставил после себя коллекцию фотографий, снятых во время Второй Англо-афганской войны (1878–1880). Помимо Библиотеки Конгресса и Британской библиотеки, его фотографии можно увидеть в The Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection и J. Paul Getty Museum.

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