Partial view of Dakka Fort showing soldiers and barracks [?] with mountains in the background, Dakka, Afghanistan

People:

John Burke (photographer)

Title:

Partial view of Dakka Fort showing soldiers and barracks [?] with mountains in the background, Dakka, Afghanistan

Date:

between 1878 and 1880

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Albumen silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 20.5 x 32.2 cm secondary support: 30.1 x 42.1 cm

Reference number:

PH1982:0373:022

Point of View:

partial view
exterior view

Inscription:

signed and numbered - by the photographer, scratched in the negative, c.r.: "Burke 48" numbered and inscribed - by an unknown hand, in pen and black ink, on the secondary support, l.l.: "48. Western end Dakka Fort."

Location:

Dakka; Nangarhar; Afghanistan;

Subject:

architecture
military
topographic

Subject Descriptive Terms:

people
soldiers
tents
buildings
fort
military camp
mountains
barracks

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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