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Open-air market outside the temple of Shah Ahmed, Kandahar, Afghanistan. Coloured lithograph by R. Carrick after Lieutenant James Rattray, c. 1847.

Earthquake damage to fortifications, seen from the west, Jalal-Kut, Afghanistan. Coloured lithographs by W.L. Walton, c. 1850.

A wealthy Afghan lady reclining and smoking a hooka. Coloured lithograph by R. Carrick, c. 1848, after J. Rattray.

Cavalry marching through a mountain river, Afghanistan. Watercolour.

Earthquake damage to fortifications, with trees, Jalal-Kut, Afghanistan. Coloured lithographs by W.L. Walton, c. 1850.

An old Afghan man sits with a woman and child on the ground smoking a hooka. Wood-engraving after F. Dadd.

A young Afghan woman, posing semi-naked against a plain background.

Earthquake damage to fortifications, with waterway, Jalal-Kut, Afghanistan. Coloured lithographs by W.L. Walton, c. 1850.

At the court of the Amîr : a narrative / by John Alfred Gray.

Horsemen assembled outside the city walls at Kabul, Afghanistan. Watercolour.

The Congress of Berlin: Disraeli as a tooth-drawer, assisted by Queen Victoria, operates on Sultan Abdul Hamid II of the Ottoman Empire, surrounded by political figures from France, Germany etc. Coloured lithograph by J.J. van Brederode after Jan Steen, 1878.

Cavalry drill in the mountains, Afghanistan. Watercolour.

Cavalry passing mountain river, Afghanistan. Watercolour.

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At the court of the Amîr : a narrative / by John Alfred Gray.

Horsemen assembled outside the city walls at Kabul, Afghanistan. Watercolour.

The Congress of Berlin: Disraeli as a tooth-drawer, assisted by Queen Victoria, operates on Sultan Abdul Hamid II of the Ottoman Empire, surrounded by political figures from France, Germany etc. Coloured lithograph by J.J. van Brederode after Jan Steen, 1878.

Cavalry drill in the mountains, Afghanistan. Watercolour.

Cavalry passing mountain river, Afghanistan. Watercolour.