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Phototheca AfghanicaPhototheca Afghanica
A more distant view of Fort Maruchak than ELD 071, showing the complete outer wall of the place. Mervchak or Maruchak means ‘little Merv’.
Place, date
Maruchak, December 7, 1884
Collection
Afghan Boundary Commission
Series
ABC 6, ELD Sketches 108 to 134
ELD 127
Details
Portrait of a seated Turkoman, similar to ELD 106. Unlike the sketches ELD 001-107 this sketch was not photo-lithographed.
Place, date
Panjdeh, December 1884
Collection
Afghan Boundary Commission
Series
ABC 6, ELD Sketches 108 to 134
ELD 128
Details
Distant view of the Koh-e Tan Mountains on the northern side of the Amu Dariya. This sketch was taken in the same area as ELD 088, but from further away from the southern bank of the river and looking more to the northwest. The tree in the right foreground almost hides the main ridge of the Koh-e Tan.Unlike the sketches ELD 001-107 this sketch was not photo-lithographed.
Place, date
Khamiab, May 1886
Collection
Afghan Boundary Commission
Series
ABC 6, ELD Sketches 108 to 134
ELD 129
Details
Unfinished watercolour sketch, showing four Bengal Lancers with their horses on the bank of an irrigation canal, together with a Turkoman rider in a colourful chapan on the left. In the central foreground the pencilled contours of an additional horse are visible. Most probably this sketch was taken on the border of the Oxus River, near Khamiab or Karkin. The scenery has some resemblance with the sketches ELD 096 and ELD 097 with the Koh-e Tan Mountains in the background.Unlike the sketches ELD 001-107 this sketch was not photo-lithographed.
Place, date
Khamiab, June, 1886
Collection
Afghan Boundary Commission
Series
ABC 6, ELD Sketches 108 to 134
ELD 130
Details