Artist
John Burke(British, 1843(?)–1900)British, 1843(?)–1900
Artist
Simon Norfolk(British, born Nigeria, 1963)British, born Nigeria, 1963
CultureBritish
Titles
- Guns, Captured at Ali Musjid.
- Burke photographed lines of captured enemy matériel on several occasions. The pictures were popular back in the Imperial homeland, giving the impression the war was successful and therefore justified. Support faltered later in the campaign after battlefield setbacks and reports of savage reprisals.
- from the portfolio Burke + Norfolk: Photographs from the War in Afghanistan
Date1878, printed September 2011
Place depictedAli Masjid
MediumChromogenic print
DimensionsImage: 11 5/16 × 14 15/16 in. (28.7 × 38 cm)
Sheet: 15 × 20 in. (38.1 × 50.8 cm)
Sheet: 15 × 20 in. (38.1 × 50.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Morris Weiner
Object number2016.224.79
Not on view
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Department
PhotographyObject Type
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 11
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]
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]
Signed and numbered in original image, recto, lower left: Burke 11
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