Afghanistan (Spine Numbered "IV Afghanistan")
This photo album, entitled "IV Afghanistan" contains 39 images of people and sites in this region in the nineteenth century. Many, and perhaps all of the works were take by Scottish photographer Frederick (Fred) Bremner (1863–1941) whose name appears inscribed on at least sixteen of the images. Bremner spent several decades photographing the region, and also had a studio in Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan, which was then part of British India.
Bremner's images depict a range of subjects, from studio portraits of the Khan and his family; to people in the field engaged in various professions, including water carrier, farm worker, or fruit seller; other images capture prisoners just before execution; landscapes, and large families living in huts in the countryside. These images document the people, objects, and history of present-day Afghanistan during the British Raj period (1858–1947).
Bremner's images depict a range of subjects, from studio portraits of the Khan and his family; to people in the field engaged in various professions, including water carrier, farm worker, or fruit seller; other images capture prisoners just before execution; landscapes, and large families living in huts in the countryside. These images document the people, objects, and history of present-day Afghanistan during the British Raj period (1858–1947).
Artwork Details
- Title: Afghanistan (Spine Numbered "IV Afghanistan")
- Date: late 19th–early 20th century
- Geography: (none assigned) Afghanistan
- Medium: Albumen silver prints in album
- Dimensions: H. 11 in. (27.9 cm)
W. 15 7/16 in. (39.2 cm)
D. 2 3/16 in. (5.6 cm) - Classification: Photographs
- Credit Line: Gift of James F. Ivory, 2023
- Object Number: 2023.449
- Curatorial Department: Islamic Art
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