General Roberts and Sirdars of Kabul, Afghanistan, 1879. Creator: John Burke.

General Roberts and Sirdars of Kabul, Afghanistan, 1879. Creator: John Burke.

3-057-172 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

General Roberts and Sirdars of Kabul, Afghanistan, 1879. Roberts was in command of the Punjab frontier force during the Second Afghan War. Britain was worried that Afghanistan would become a dependency of Russia and that British power in India would be in danger.


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People Information

Creator
  1. John Burke, attributed to: Irish, British: Photographer
Subject
  1. Lord Frederick Sleigh Roberts: British: Commander in Chief of the British Army, officer, soldier

Medium
  1. Photograph

Picture Type
  1. Portrait

Geographic Hierarchy

World Asia Afghanistan

  1. 33 00 00 N , 065 00 00 E

World Asia Afghanistan Kābul Kābul

  1. 34 31 00 N , 069 11 00 E

Category Hierarchy

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Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 5733x3044
File Size : 51,127kb


Aliases

  1. Shelfmark ID: Photo 430/3(25)
  1. 1280000686
  1. 3-057-172
  1. 3057172

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