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John Burke — Pass Near Ali Musjid, Showing Tortang

John Burke

Pass Near Ali Musjid, Showing Tortang

1878

Treacherous mountain passages reveal their strategic significance through Burke's precise framing, showing why control of these routes was so fiercely contested.

Medium
albumen print

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John Burke, Pass Near Ali Musjid, Showing Tortang, 1878

Treacherous mountain passages reveal their strategic significance through Burke's precise framing, showing why control of these routes was so fiercely contested.

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

Related themes

Nineteenth Century, Landscape Photography, Albumen Print, 1878, Documentary, Architectural, Mountain Pass, Topographical, British, Sepia Tones

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