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John Burke — Afridi Picket near Jumrood

John Burke

Afridi Picket near Jumrood

1878

Military vigilance meets ethnographic documentation in Burke's image of local tribal guards, reflecting the complex alliances of 19th-century frontier warfare.

Medium
albumen print

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John Burke, Afridi Picket near Jumrood, 1878

Military vigilance meets ethnographic documentation in Burke's image of local tribal guards, reflecting the complex alliances of 19th-century frontier warfare.

Medium
albumen print
Year
1878
Seen at
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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Nineteenth Century, Albumen Print, Documentary, Photograph, Landscape, Historical, British, Architecture, Sepia Tones, Mountain

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