Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00012817River Gorge Above Lalpura
by John Burke
About the Artwork
The subject of this album is the Second Anglo-Afghan War, which was fought from 1878 to 1880. John Burke was the first photographer to photograph extensively in Afghanistan and the main photographer covering that conflict. The technology of the day did not permit action shots of battles. As is usual for early conflict photography, the pictures are landscapes of the sites of momentous incidents, views of camps and civil and military infrastructure, and portraits of the soldiers and their leaders.
Provenance
?–2023: (Adnan Sezer Gallery, Paris, France), sold to The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH December 4, 2023–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- John Burke (Irish, 1845–1915)
- Date
- 1878–80
- Medium
- albumen print
- Type
- Photograph
- Classification
- Photograph
- Department
- Photography
- Credit line
- Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Whitehill Art Purchase Endowment Fund
- Accession no.
- 2024.6.cc
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