Caubul costumes. Preparing to go out in the streets. His Majesty Shah Shoojah-ool-Moolk. The governor's place of refuge during the capture of the fortress
Summary
Illustration shows vignettes of Afghan women in traditional dress Kabul, Afghanistan; portrait of Shāh Shujāʻ; and Governor Ghulam Haider Khan hiding in Ghaznī, Afghanistan.
Lithograph by Louis and Charles Haghe after drawing by James Atkinson.
Illus. in: Sketches in Afghaunistan, by Jas. Atkinson, Esq. London : Henry Graves & Company ... and W.H. Allen & Co., 1842, Plate 25.
James Atkinson travelled with the Army of the Indus, Bengal Division, as Superintending Surgeon during the First Anglo-Afghan War, through part of India (now Pakistan) into Afghanistan.
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01/01/1842
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Library of Congress
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