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Phototheca AfghanicaPhototheca Afghanica
Afghan Boundary Commission Series: Additional Sketches  by Edward Law Durand
Collection
Afghan Boundary Commission
Series
ABC 6, ELD Sketches 108 to 134
ELD 108 - 134
Details
Watercolour sketch of a river flowing through a wooded landscape (tamarisk trees = khaisar), with bare hills in the background. In the left foreground stands an Anglo-Indian soldier in knee-deep water, holding his horse on the bridle. Unlike ELD 001-107 this sketch was not photo-lithographed.
Place, date
Near Camp Khaisar, September 27, 1884
Collection
Afghan Boundary Commission
Series
ABC 6, ELD Sketches 108 to 134
ELD 108
Details
Unfinished watercolour sketch, taken near the place, where ELD 001 was sketched, showing the British camp near the tamarisk (khaisar) jungle.Unlike ELD 001-107 this sketch was not photo-lithographed
Place, date
Khaisar near Galangur, September 27, 1884
Collection
Afghan Boundary Commission
Series
ABC 6, ELD Sketches 108 to 134
ELD 109
Details
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
Place, date
Nushki, September 30, 1884
Collection
Afghan Boundary Commission
Series
ABC 6, ELD Sketches 108 to 134
ELD 110
Details