Open-air market outside the temple of Shah Ahmed, Kandahar, Afghanistan. Coloured lithograph by R. Carrick after Lieutenant James Rattray, c. 1847.
- Rattray, James, 1818-1854.
- Date:
- 1847-1848
- Reference:
- 30413i
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- Scenery, inhabitants, and costumes of Afghaunistan
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London (137 Regent Street) : Hering and Remington, 1847-1848.
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1 print : lithograph with tint plate, with watercolour and gum arabic ; image 25.7 x 37 cm.
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Temple of "Ahmed Shauh", King of Afghaunistan, Kandahar, looked upon as so sacred an edifice, that the vilest criminal seeking protection at its threshold is secure from the hands of justice ; R. Carrick lith. ; Day and son lith<ographe>rs to the Queen
References note
Travel in aquatint and lithography 1770-1860 from the library of J.R. Abbey, San Francisco 1991, vol. 2, 513.27
Reference
Wellcome Collection 30413i
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