John Burke
The Dewan-I-Aum in Bala Hissar, Shewin Bala Burj & Sherderwaza.

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Artist John BurkeBritish, 1843(?)–1900

Artist Simon NorfolkBritish, born Nigeria, 1963

CultureBritish

Titles

The Dewan-I-Aum in Bala Hissar, Shewin Bala Burj & Sherderwaza.
After the capture of the Bala Hissar, the British quartered Gurkha soldiers in the ruins of the royal Palace and gardens and the summerhouse that had been the British Mission.
from the portfolio Burke + Norfolk: Photographs from the War in Afghanistan

Date1878–1880, printed September 2011

Place depictedKabul, Afghanistan

MediumChromogenic print

DimensionsImage: 9 15/16 × 14 15/16 in. (25.3 × 38 cm)
Sheet: 15 × 20 in. (38.1 × 50.8 cm)

Credit LineGift of Morris Weiner

Object number2016.224.80

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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, left center edge: Burke 225

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]

Signed and numbered in original image, recto, left center edge: Burke 225

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