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John Burke
Piper's Hill, Jalalabad
[Afghan War 1878-79 Peshawur Valley Field Force J. Burke.]
1878-1879
Albumen print
23.6 x 28.7 cm (image)
The Royal Collection
RCIN 2501381
LL/93643
Photograph of Piper's Hill, Jalalabad. On a rocky ridge in the foreground there is a mounted soldier facing right. There is shrubland behind him with a rocky hill beyond. Remnants of a fort can be seen on top of the hill. The photographer John Burke travelled with the Peshawar Valley Field Force during the Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878-80), one of a series of conflicts between Britain and Russia over control of Afghanistan. His images from the war capture landscapes, key strategic sites and people involved in the conflict.
From the collection of King Edward VII when Prince of Wales
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