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Phototheca AfghanicaPhototheca Afghanica
Catalogue of Sketches by Major Edward Law Durand, C.B. Assistant-Commissioner, Afghan Boundary Commission (September 1884 – 1886)   Sketches No. ELD 001 to ELD 107 (Digitally recorded and improved from the “Lumsden Album”, kept in the archives of the Foundation Bibliotheca Afghanica)   Nushki – Herat – Bala Murghab – Khamiab and Kilif on the Oxus   Compiled by: Paul Bucherer and Laura Albisetti with the support of John Falconer, Hans-Ulrich Seidt, and Bill Woodburn
Collection
Afghan Boundary Commission
Series
ABC 4, ELD Sketches 001 to 053
ELD 001 - 107
Details
Sepia-toned photo-lithograph of a wash sketch, showing the valley of the Khaisar River, full of tamarisk trees, between rugged mountain ridges. There are two horsemen in the left foreground.
Place, date
Near Galangur, September 27, 1884
Collection
Afghan Boundary Commission
Series
ABC 4, ELD Sketches 001 to 053
ELD 001
Details
Sepia-toned photo-lithograph of a wash sketch, showing an endless column of camels, mules and donkeys, disappearing in the desert. In the left foreground a group of six military horsemen and two dogs, a greyhound and a bulldog, are approaching the column.
Place, date
Nushki, September 29 to October 1, 1884
Collection
Afghan Boundary Commission
Series
ABC 4, ELD Sketches 001 to 053
ELD 002
Details
Sepia-toned photo-lithograph of a wash sketch, showing a group of six camels at the foot of the slope of a sand dune. There is a group of five Baluch camel drivers in the left foreground. A ridge of mountains faded in the background.
Place, date
Zahro, October 3 to 5, 1884
Collection
Afghan Boundary Commission
Series
ABC 4, ELD Sketches 001 to 053
ELD 003
Details