Three military interventions by the British Empire in Afghanistan between 1839 and 1919

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Cavalry marching through a mountain river, Afghanistan. Watercolour.

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

Cavalry drill in the mountains, Afghanistan. Watercolour.

Walled city with lone horseman, Afghanistan. Watercolour.

Cavalry passing mountain river, Afghanistan. Watercolour.

Shooting skirmish below mountains, Afghanistan. Watercolour.

Transporting artillery through a mountain pass, Afghanistan. Watercolour.

Execution by firing squad of a Ghazi, or Muslim militant, at the Peshawur Gate in Jellalabad during the Afghan War. Wood engraving by W.I. Mosses after W.H. Overend.

Afghanistan: portraits of the Kabul prisoners. Lithographs by L. Dickinson, 1843, after V. Eyre.

Afghan guides assisting a British officer. Wood engraving by H. Johnson, 1879.

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Afghan Wars

Images from the collections

Images referencing Afghan Wars

Works from the collections

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

Cavalry drill in the mountains, Afghanistan. Watercolour.

Cavalry passing mountain river, Afghanistan. Watercolour.

Afghanistan: portraits of the Kabul prisoners. Lithographs by L. Dickinson, 1843, after V. Eyre.

Afghan guides assisting a British officer. Wood engraving by H. Johnson, 1879.

Afghan Wars

Images from the collections

Images referencing Afghan Wars

Works from the collections

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

Cavalry drill in the mountains, Afghanistan. Watercolour.

Cavalry passing mountain river, Afghanistan. Watercolour.

Afghanistan: portraits of the Kabul prisoners. Lithographs by L. Dickinson, 1843, after V. Eyre.

Afghan guides assisting a British officer. Wood engraving by H. Johnson, 1879.

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