John Burke
Gap Between Upper Bala-Hissar And Bala-Burj, Looking Toward Beni-Hissar

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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

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Gap Between Upper Bala-Hissar And Bala-Burj, Looking Toward Beni-Hissar
The Bala Hissar is the citadel that straddles Kabul to this day. In Burke’s time it was part fortress, part palace. Home to a small town of courtiers and servants, it also housed the British Embassy forced on the Afghans after the Treaty of Gandamak.
from the portfolio Burke + Norfolk: Photographs from the War in Afghanistan

Date1878–1880, printed September 2011

Place depictedKabul, Afghanistan

MediumChromogenic print

DimensionsImage: 9 7/8 × 15 in. (25.1 × 38.1 cm)
Sheet: 15 × 20 in. (38.1 × 50.8 cm)

Credit LineGift of Morris Weiner

Object number2016.224.1

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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

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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