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Phototheca AfghanicaPhototheca Afghanica
Sepia-toned photo-lithograph of a wash sketch, showing groups of camels between rolling sandhills. In the background chains of bare, dark mountains.
Place, date
Kani, October 4 to 6, 1884
Collection
Afghan Boundary Commission
Series
ABC 4, ELD Sketches 001 to 053
ELD 004
Details
Sepia-toned photo-lithograph of a wash sketch, showing two Anglo-Indian horsemen of the Bengal Lancers, arriving from the desert at a formation of bare rocks, where two fakirs in rags are standing. In the background a column is approaching. In the Lumsden Album, this lithograph is torn in two pieces.
Place, date
Safia, October 7 to 9, 1884
Collection
Afghan Boundary Commission
Series
ABC 4, ELD Sketches 001 to 053
ELD 005
Details
Sepia-toned photo-lithograph of a wash sketch, showing the faded image of a lonely Bengal Lancer walking beside his horse on top of a sand-hill, casting a long shadow at sunset. In the valley below are some other horsemen. In the background to the west two dominant mountains. Strangely this lithograph shows a two-colour toning from sepia to violet in its upper part.
Place, date
Near Galichah, October 12 to 14, 1884
Collection
Afghan Boundary Commission
Series
ABC 4, ELD Sketches 001 to 053
ELD 006
Details
Sepia/purple-toned photo-lithograph of a wash sketch, showing some camels at the shore of a water reservoir. In the left background some British army tents. In the right foreground a fakir, sitting beside a heap of firewood, talking to an Indian soldier of the Punjab Infantry.
Place, date
Chaman Khan Band, October 1 to 4, 1884
Collection
Afghan Boundary Commission
Series
ABC 4, ELD Sketches 001 to 053
ELD 007
Details