Collection: Tirah - Photographic Journalism (Part 1) hamilton-18-8-1-0004-4-61661
Description
Sikhs on the march. Photograph taken of soldiers marching they all appear to be wearing large turbans and carrying a rifle over their shoulder.In the foreground there are 3 men two on the left are looking towards the photographer and the one on the right is looking straight ahead. The rest of the battalion follow on. The whole seen looks very dry and dusty. From the Black and White war album number 3, the Tirah Campaign, snapshots by Rene Bull (Black and White Publishing Co, London, 1899).
Collection
Tirah - Photographic Journalism (Part 1)
Description
This represents the first part of a photograph album published by Black and white Magazine, covering the Tirah Campaign in India's North West Frontier between 1897 and 1898. The Expedition photographs are illustrative of the many colonial campaigns undertaken by the British and their allies in this…
Collection Terms & Categories
- War/Campaign/Operation: Tirah Expedition (1897-1898)
- Asia: Asia - Southern - North West Frontier
- Theme (Main): Conflict & Military Operations
- Theme (Main): Empire & Commonwealth
- Subject: Boundaries & Borders
- Subject: Death & Dying
- Subject: Medicine
- Subject: Propaganda & Influence Ops
- Item: Photographic (album)
- Information: Visual
