EditorialQusuri or ‘Kusuri, an Afghan of Kasur. Tashrih al-aqvam, an account of origins and occupations of some of the sects, castes and tribes of India. Written at Hansi Cantonment, Hissar District, eighty-five miles north-west of Delhi for Colonel James Ski...
EditorialFath ‘Ali Khan Qajar at the head of his victorious troops carrying Afghan heads, and respectfully greeted by the people of Isfahan in the distance. Shahinshahnama of Fath 'Ali Khan Saba. 1810. opaque watercolour. Persian style; Qajar style. 22 by 17 ...
EditorialCaptain William Joseph Eastwick (1808-89)., Bombay Army 1827-41, and Director of the East India Company 1849-58. A half-length figure, with body turned towards the right. The face is seen almost in full. Eastwick wears a red-lined black cape with a fur...
EditorialThree-quarter length portrait of Major Edward Vibart (1807-57) in the uniform of the Bengal Light Cavalry, c.1833. He stands with his left hand on the hilt of his sword and is holding his plumed helmet with his right. Born on 15 November 1807, Vibart s...
EditorialLieutenant-General Sir George Pollock, G.C.B. (1786-1872), 1856. First Afghan War hero. Relieved Sale at Jalalabad and captured Kabul. A three-quarter length portrait, bareheaded, the body turned slightly towards the left, right arm raised. He wears a ...
EditorialQusuri or ‘Kusuri, an Afghan of Kasur. Tashrih al-aqvam, an account of origins and occupations of some of the sects, castes and tribes of India. Written at Hansi Cantonment, Hissar District, eighty-five miles north-west of Delhi for Colonel James Ski...
EditorialAn Afghan of Damaun. Afghan Tribal Costume. . An Account of the kingdom of Caubul, and its dependencies in Persia, Tartary, and India; comprising a view of the Afghaun nation, and a history of the Dooraunee monarchy. By the Hon. Mountstuart Elphinstone...
EditorialA Hazaureh. Afghan Tribal Costume. An Account of the kingdom of Caubul, and its dependencies in Persia, Tartary, and India; comprising a view of the Afghaun nation, and a history of the Dooraunee monarchy. By the Hon. Mountstuart Elphinstone, of the Ho...
EditorialMirza Kamran and Afghan soldiers carrying out a reprisal raid on Humayun’s camp (1551). By Khem Karan. Akbarnama, vol. 1, by Abu'1-Fazl ibn Mubarak, from the beginnings of the dynasty up to 1555. 1603 - 1604. Source: Or.12988 f.142v. Language: Persian.
EditorialFath ‘Ali Khan Qajar at the head of his victorious troops carrying Afghan heads, and respectfully greeted by the people of Isfahan in the distance. Shahinshahnama of Fath 'Ali Khan Saba. 1810. opaque watercolour. Persian style; Qajar style. 22 by 17 ...
EditorialCaptain William Joseph Eastwick (1808-89)., Bombay Army 1827-41, and Director of the East India Company 1849-58. A half-length figure, with body turned towards the right. The face is seen almost in full. Eastwick wears a red-lined black cape with a fur...
EditorialLieutenant-General Sir George Pollock, G.C.B. (1786-1872), 1856. First Afghan War hero. Relieved Sale at Jalalabad and captured Kabul. A three-quarter length portrait, bareheaded, the body turned slightly towards the left, right arm raised. He wears a ...
EditorialThree-quarter length portrait of Major Edward Vibart (1807-57) in the uniform of the Bengal Light Cavalry, c.1833. He stands with his left hand on the hilt of his sword and is holding his plumed helmet with his right. Born on 15 November 1807, Vibart s...
EditorialAfghan. Dated: c. 1941. Dimensions: overall: 42.6 x 35 cm (16 3/4 x 13 3/4 in.) Original IAD Object: 48" wide; 72" long. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper.
EditorialAfghan Carriage Robe. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 55.4 x 53.2 cm (21 13/16 x 20 15/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 78" long; 92" wide. Medium: watercolor, gouache, and pen and ink on paperboard.
EditorialAfghan. Dated: 1937. Dimensions: overall: 35.7 x 28.1 cm (14 1/16 x 11 1/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 72" long; 72" wide. Medium: watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paper.
EditorialAfghan. Dated: c. 1941. Dimensions: overall: 42.6 x 35 cm (16 3/4 x 13 3/4 in.) Original IAD Object: 48" wide; 72" long. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper.
EditorialAfghan Carriage Robe. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 55.4 x 53.2 cm (21 13/16 x 20 15/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 78" long; 92" wide. Medium: watercolor, gouache, and pen and ink on paperboard.
EditorialAfghan. Dated: 1937. Dimensions: overall: 35.7 x 28.1 cm (14 1/16 x 11 1/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 72" long; 72" wide. Medium: watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paper.
EditorialAfghan soldier wearing turban, white shalwar tunic, kameez trousers, slippers, and carrying a musket and dagger in his belt. Mosque in the background. Handcoloured woodcut by Mercier from Auguste Wahlen's "Moeurs, Usages et Costumes de tous les Peuples...
EditorialAfghan soldier from Herat in turban, robes, skirts and carrying a musket. Handcoloured woodcut by Meganck after an illustration by S.B. from Auguste Wahlen's "Moeurs, Usages et Costumes de tous les Peuples du Monde," Librairie Historique-Artistique, Br...