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ELD 110 — ABC Camp at Nushki

Two open tents under large trees, with further tents in the central background. With some pencil sketches of men and horses standing in between the tents.
Unlike ELD 001-107 this sketch was not photo-lithographed
[Sketch, recto:] Barnes’ tent. / Camp Nushki / 30/9/84.
  • Yate, A.C. (1887): Travels with the Afghan Boundary Commission, p. 36: “I arrived here this morning, and was glad to find Mr Barnes and Captain de Laessoe encamped here. […]
Image No.
ELD 110
Collection
Afghan Boundary Commission 1884-86
Series
ABC 6, ELD Sketches 108 to 134
Format
Pencil and watercolour sketch, British Library WD 378, size 255/355 mm
Place, date
Nushki, September 30, 1884
Descriptors
  • 1.57 Pictures of Landscapes, Cities
  • 2.113 Pakistan: Baluchistan
  • 3.711 Academic Painting
  • 4.365 Abdur Rahman Khan (1880-1901)
  • 4.416 GB Relations with Great Britain
  • Latitude / Longitude29.553604 / 66.009141
    Google Earthapprox. 29°33'13"N / 66°00'33ʺ E / 750 m
    Survey of India MapSheet 29, Herat (1916): Tirpul, O 27

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