John Burke
The Amir Yakub Khan, General Daod Shah, Habeebula Moustafi with Major Cavagnari C.S.I and Mr Jenkyns.

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Artist John BurkeBritish, 1843(?)–1900

Artist Simon NorfolkBritish, born Nigeria, 1963

CultureBritish

Titles

The Amir Yakub Khan, General Daod Shah, Habeebula Moustafi with Major Cavagnari C.S.I and Mr Jenkyns.
Proud and imperious, Cavagnari was chosen by the British as their envoy in Kabul knowing his arrogance would soon produce a casus belli. Within four months an angry crowd destroyed the Emabssy and Cavagnari and Jenkyns were dead.
from the portfolio Burke + Norfolk: Photographs from the War in Afghanistan

Date1879, printed September 2011

Place depictedAfghanistan

MediumChromogenic print

DimensionsImage: 9 × 14 15/16 in. (22.9 × 38 cm)
Sheet: 15 × 20 in. (38.1 × 50.8 cm)

Credit LineGift of Morris Weiner

Object number2016.224.72

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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

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 National Media Museum // 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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