Partial view of the Bala Hissar [High Fort] (now demolished) showing a gate and soldiers, Kabul, Afghanistan

People:

John Burke (photographer)

Title:

Partial view of the Bala Hissar [High Fort] (now demolished) showing a gate and soldiers, Kabul, Afghanistan

Date:

1880

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Albumen silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 19.5 x 31.7 cm (7 11/16 x 12 1/2 in.) secondary support: 30.1 x 42.1 cm (11 7/8 x 16 9/16 in.)

Reference number:

PH1982:0373:058:002

Point of View:

partial view
exterior view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Photographs PH1982:0373:058:001 and PH1982:0373:058:002 form panorama PH1982:0373:058:001-002. The photographs are mounted on different secondary supports but face each other in album PH1982:0373:001-094. Photograph PH1982:0373:058:001 comprises the left half of the panorama, and photograph PH1982:0373:058:002 comprises the right half.

Inscription:

signed and numbered - by the photographer, on the negative of PH1982:0373:058:002, l.l.: "Burke 178" numbered and inscribed - by an unknown hand, on the secondary support of PH1982:0373:058:001, l.l.: "178. 179. Panorama Bala Hissar"

Location:

Kabul; Kabul; Afghanistan;

Subject:

architecture
military

Subject Descriptive Terms:

people
gate
soldiers
city wall
fort
fortifications

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

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