John Burke
Jellallabad, the main street shewing covered Bazaar.

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Artist John Burke(British, 1843(?)–1900)British, 1843(?)–1900

Artist Simon Norfolk(British, born Nigeria, 1963)British, born Nigeria, 1963

CultureBritish

Titles

Jellallabad, the main street shewing covered Bazaar.
from the portfolio Burke + Norfolk: Photographs from the War in Afghanistan

Date1879, printed September 2011

Place depictedJalalabad, Afghanistan

MediumChromogenic print

DimensionsImage: 12 × 14 15/16 in. (30.5 × 38 cm)
Sheet: 15 × 20 in. (38.1 × 50.8 cm)

Credit LineGift of Morris Weiner

Object number2016.224.31

Non exposé

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Department

Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

Description

Chromogenic print; copy of albumen silver print.

ProvenanceThe artist; [Gallery Luisotti, Santa Monica, California]; purchased by Morris Weiner, Houston, 2012; given to MFAH, 2016.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Signed and numbered in original image, recto, lower left: Burke 75

Stamped in black ink, verso, lower right: BY APPOINTMENT // JNO : BURKE // LATE // BAKER & BURKE // ARTISTE PHOTOGRAPHER // PUNJAB.

Stamped in black ink, verso, lower right: Burke + Norfolk // Photographs from the war in Afghanistan // by John Burke and Simon Norfolk // Printed by Simon Norfolk, September 2011 // An archival, digital, chromogenic print on Fujicolor Crystal Archive // Photograph by John Burke // From a scan made by The Wilson Centre for Photography // One of 104 prints in a Burke + Norfolk portfolio special edition // Edition number 1 of eight [1 is handwritten in pencil over a stamped underline]

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