Panorama of Kabul showing the Bala Hissar [High Fort] (now demolished) with mountains in the background and the British cantonment at Sherpur on the right, from Siah Sang, Afghanistan

People:

John Burke (photographer)

Title:

Panorama of Kabul showing the Bala Hissar [High Fort] (now demolished) with mountains in the background and the British cantonment at Sherpur on the right, from Siah Sang, Afghanistan

Date:

between 1878 and 1880

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 panorama(s)

Technique and media:

Albumen silver prints

Dimensions:

comp. (for panorama): 16,9 x 77,7 cm comp. (range; for individual images): 16,9 to 17,1 x 24,4 to 28,4 cm secondary supports (approx.; bound; two secondary supports): 60,2 x 84,2 cm secondary support (approx; bound; for individual secondary support): 30,1 x 42,1 cm

Reference number:

PH1982:0373:092:001-003

Point of View:

partial views
distant views
exterior views

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Photographs PH1982:0373:092:001 - PH1982:0373:092:003 form panorama PH1982:0373:092:001-003. The photographs are mounted on two separate secondary supports but face each other in album PH1982:0373:001-094. Photograph PH1982:0373:092:002 has been cut in half and the pieces are separately mounted on the two secondary supports. The photographs are arranged numerically from left to right to form the panorama.

Inscription:

signed and numbered - by the photographer, on the negative of PH1982:0373:092:001, l.l.: "Burke 299" signed and numbered - by the photographer, on the negative of PH1982:0373:092:002, l.l.: "Burke 300" signed and numbered - by the photographer, on the negative of PH1982:0373:092:003, l.c.: "Burke 301" inscribed - by an unknown hand, on the secondary support of PH1982:0373:092:001 - PH1982:0373:092:002, l.l.: "Panorama from Siah Sung."

Location:

Kabul; Kabul; Afghanistan;

Subject:

architecture
military
topographic

Subject Descriptive Terms:

houses
city
mausoleum
buildings
fort
fortifications
military camp
roads
mountains
plain

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

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