Afghan War Collection (page 4)

The Late Sir William Fyers, KCB (engraving)
1056749 The Late Sir William Fyers, KCB (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Late Sir William Fyers, KCB)

The Afghan War, the Charge of Bengal Lancers at the Battle of Dehouruk (engraving)
1059032 The Afghan War, the Charge of Bengal Lancers at the Battle of Dehouruk (engraving) by Charlton, John (1849-1917) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Afghan War)

The Afghan War, Football Match by the Fifty-Ninth Regiment at Khelat-i-Gilzai (engraving)
1058876 The Afghan War, Football Match by the Fifty-Ninth Regiment at Khelat-i-Gilzai (engraving) by Horsley, Walter Charles (1855-1934); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Afghan War)

The Afghan War, Officers Mess Tent, Twenty-Fifth (Kings Own Borderers), Jumrood
1058791 The Afghan War, Officers Mess Tent, Twenty-Fifth (Kings Own Borderers), Jumrood, Arrival of English Mail after Dinner (engraving) by English School

The Afghan War (engraving)
1058762 The Afghan War (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Afghan War. Illustration for The Graphic)

Reverend J W Adams, VC (engraving)
1054783 Reverend J W Adams, VC (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Reverend J W Adams, VC)

The Afghan War, a Raid on a Cave Village (engraving)
1059016 The Afghan War, a Raid on a Cave Village (engraving) by Dollman, John Charles (1851-1934) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Afghan War, a Raid on a Cave Village)

The Afghan War, with the Bombay Division, Sketches on the March (engraving)
1058767 The Afghan War, with the Bombay Division, Sketches on the March (engraving) by Corbould, Alfred Chantrey (1852-1920); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Afghan War, with the Bombay Division)

British Officers engaged in the Zulu and Afghan Wars (engraving)
1058752 British Officers engaged in the Zulu and Afghan Wars (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: British Officers engaged in the Zulu and Afghan Wars)

The Afghan War, En Route, heaving the Log in the Red Sea (engraving)
1058697 The Afghan War, En Route, heaving the Log in the Red Sea (engraving) by Nash, Joseph (d.1922); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Afghan War, En Route, heaving the Log in the Red Sea)

The Afghan War, waiting for the Elephants (engraving)
1060021 The Afghan War, waiting for the Elephants (engraving) by Horsley, Walter Charles (1855-1934); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Afghan War, waiting for the Elephants)

The Afghan War, Simla in Winter (engraving)
1059994 The Afghan War, Simla in Winter (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Afghan War, Simla in Winter)

The Afghan War, the 4th Goorkhas marching through the Bazaar, Jellalabad (engraving)
1106740 The Afghan War, the 4th Goorkhas marching through the Bazaar, Jellalabad (engraving) by Overend, William Heysham (1851-98) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Afghan War)

The Afghan War, View from the Cabul Gate Jellalabad, showing the Road by which Dr Brydon arrived in January 1842
1106645 The Afghan War, View from the Cabul Gate Jellalabad, showing the Road by which Dr Brydon arrived in January 1842 (engraving) by English School

The Afghan War, First View of Candahar (engraving)
1106637 The Afghan War, First View of Candahar (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Afghan War, First View of Candahar)

The Afghan War (engraving)
1106868 The Afghan War (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Afghan War. Illustration for The Illustrated London News)

The Afghan War, Valley of the Helmund, looking over Sungbur, towards Hyderabad and Sungin (engraving)
1106827 The Afghan War, Valley of the Helmund, looking over Sungbur, towards Hyderabad and Sungin (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Afghan War)

The Afghan War, Central Dome or Char-Su, where Four Chief Streets meet in the City of Candahar (engraving)
1106826 The Afghan War, Central Dome or Char-Su, where Four Chief Streets meet in the City of Candahar (engraving) by Overend

The Afghan War, Mess Tent of the Fourth Battalion of Rifles at Basawul (engraving)
1106673 The Afghan War, Mess Tent of the Fourth Battalion of Rifles at Basawul (engraving) by Overend, William Heysham (1851-98) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Afghan War)

The Afghan War, storming of the Spingawai Stockade, Morning of 2 December 1878 (engraving)
1106605 The Afghan War, storming of the Spingawai Stockade, Morning of 2 December 1878 (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Afghan War)

The Afghan War, blowing up Towers and Destruction of Village of Kassaba, Afreedi Country (engraving)
1106579 The Afghan War, blowing up Towers and Destruction of Village of Kassaba, Afreedi Country (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Afghan War)

The Afghan War, Village of Kata Khooshtia, Khyber Pass (engraving)
1106526 The Afghan War, Village of Kata Khooshtia, Khyber Pass (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Afghan War, Village of Kata Khooshtia, Khyber Pass)

The Afghan War, View from the Afghan Six-Gun Battery on the Peiwar Kotul, looking over the Khoorum Valley (engraving)
1106498 The Afghan War, View from the Afghan Six-Gun Battery on the Peiwar Kotul, looking over the Khoorum Valley (engraving) by English School

The Afghan War, Camp of the 10th Hussars at Dakka (engraving)
1106497 The Afghan War, Camp of the 10th Hussars at Dakka (engraving) by Woodville, Richard Caton II (1856-1927) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Afghan War)

The Afghan War, Artillery passing through the Cabul Gate, Jellalabad (engraving)
1106496 The Afghan War, Artillery passing through the Cabul Gate, Jellalabad (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Afghan War)

The Afghan War, Sketch Plan of the Fort at Dakka (engraving)
1106481 The Afghan War, Sketch Plan of the Fort at Dakka (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Afghan War, Sketch Plan of the Fort at Dakka)

The Afghan War (engraving)
1099948 The Afghan War (engraving) by Simpson, William Crimea (1823-99) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Afghan War)

The Afghan War, Entrance to Cabul from Killa-Kazee (engraving)
1099781 The Afghan War, Entrance to Cabul from Killa-Kazee (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Afghan War, Entrance to Cabul from Killa-Kazee)

The Afghan War, Candahar, with the British Cantonments under General Sir Donald Stewart (engraving)
1099755 The Afghan War, Candahar, with the British Cantonments under General Sir Donald Stewart (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Afghan War)

Her Majesty the Queen decorating Officers engaged in the Afghan and Zulu Wars, at Windsor Castle (engraving)
1099934 Her Majesty the Queen decorating Officers engaged in the Afghan and Zulu Wars, at Windsor Castle (engraving) by English School

The Afghan War, the Durbar Khaneh, or Reception Hall of the Ameer, at Cabul (engraving)
1099757 The Afghan War, the Durbar Khaneh, or Reception Hall of the Ameer, at Cabul (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Afghan War, the Durbar Khaneh)

Queen Victoria decorating officers engaged in Afghan and Zulu wars... December 8, 1879, (1901)
Queen Victoria decorating officers engaged in Afghan and Zulu wars, at Windsor Castle, December 8, 1879, (1901). Victoria (1819-1901)

Roberts Rallying the Pioneers at Umbeyla, (1901). Creator: Charles Mills Sheldon
Roberts Rallying the Pioneers at Umbeyla, (1901). British Brevet Major Frederick Sleigh Roberts (1832-1914) fought in the Ambela (or Umbeyla) Campaign of 1863

Maiwand - Saving the Guns, (1901). Creator: Unknown
Maiwand - Saving the Guns, (1901). The Battle of Maiwand in Afghanistan took place on 27 July 1880 during the Second Anglo-Afghan War

General Roberts... Attacked by ghilzais in the Shutargardan Pass, September 27, 1879, (1901)
General Roberts and Staff Attacked by ghilzais in the Shutargardan Pass, September 27, 1879, (1901). Scene during the Second Afghan War: British forces under Sir Frederick

The Royal Berkshire Regiment. The Heroic Stand at Maiwand, 1880, (1939). British forces resisting an Afghan attack at the Battle of Maiwand in Afghanistan on 27 July 1880 during the Second

92nd Highlanders and 2nd Gurkhas storming Gaudi Mullah Sahibdad, Afghanistan, 1901
92nd Highlanders and 2nd Gurkhas storming Mulla Sahibdad, Afghanistan, 1901. British Empire troops commanded by Lord Roberts defeating an Afghan army to relieve the siege of Kandahar during

Colonel Galbraith at the Battle of Maiwand, c1880. Episode of the Second Anglo-Afghan War, from 1878 to 1880. From British Battles on Land and Sea, Vol. IV, by James Grant

Plan of the Battle of Maiwand, (July 27, 1880), c1880. From British Battles on Land and Sea, Vol. IV, by James Grant. [Cassell Petter & Galpin, London, Paris & Melbourne, c1880]

An Afghan Horseman Rode At Her With Uplifted Sword, 1902. Artist: A Patriot
An Afghan Horseman Rode At Her With Uplifted Sword, 1902. The British were besieged at Jalalabad by the Afghans under Akbar Khan from October 1841 during the First Afghan War

Crushed by Rolling Stones, Mown Down by Volleys of Musket-Shot The Men Fell In Hundreds, 1908, (c1920). The First Afghan War 1839-1842, ended with an Afghan victory and a decimated British Army

The fort of Ali Masjid in the Khyber Pass, 1908. From Harmsworth History of the World, Volume 2, by Arthur Mee, J.A. Hammerton, & A.D. Innes, M.A. [Carmelite House, London, 1908]

Maiwand: Saving the Guns, 1883 (1906). Royal Horse Artillery fleeing from an Afghan attack at the Battle of Maiwand in 1880 during the Second Anglo-Afghan War

Field Marshal Lord Roberts of Kandahar (1832-1914), British soldier, c1901. Artist: Mortimer Luddington Menpes
Field Marshal Lord Roberts of Kandahar (1832-1914), British soldier, c1901. Frederick Sleigh Roberts (1832-1914) was one of the foremost British military figures of Victorian times

Field Marshal Lord Roberts of Kandahar, British soldier, late 19th or early 20th century. Frederick Sleigh Roberts (1832-1914) was one of the foremost British military figures of Victorian times

Whos to Pay?, 1878. Artist: Swain
Whos to Pay?, 1878. British prime minister Benjamin Disraeli and a personification of India wearing a sari. Behind is a map of Indias North West Frontier and Afghanistan

Lieutenant General Sir Robert Low, 1900. Artist: Elliott & Fry
Lieutenant General Sir Robert Low, 1900. Director of transport on the march to Kandahar in 1880, and commander of the Bombay Army from 1898-1903

Mohammad Akbar Khan, 19th century. Afghan general Akbar Khan (1839-1842) was active in the First Anglo-Afghan War, which lasted from 1839-1842. He was the son of Dost Mohammed Khan

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"The Afghan War: A Glimpse into the Turbulent Past" Step back in time to the Second Afghan War of 1878, where Amir Sher Ali of Afghanistan found himself trapped amidst treacherous alliances. In this historical conflict, friends turned foes and enemies became allies as power dynamics shifted. Travel further back to the First Afghan War (1839-1842), where a British Army camped outside Kabul, Afghanistan. Witness their struggles and triumphs through a contemporary English steel engraving that captures the essence of those turbulent times. Immerse yourself in The Royal Berkshire Regiment's heroic stand at Maiwand in 1880. This courageous act resonates even today, reminding us of the sacrifices made by soldiers who fought valiantly for their cause. Experience Major Wigram Battye's tragic demise during the Battle of Futtehabad in 1879. His death serves as a poignant reminder of the harsh realities faced by those on the frontlines. Witness history unfold as you delve into an image depicting the storming of Gandia Mullah by the 91st Highlanders and 2nd Gurkas in 1901. These brave warriors epitomize resilience and determination against all odds. Discover intercepted moments from this tumultuous era captured by artist Joseph Swain in his artwork from 1881. These glimpses offer insights into both military strategies and personal stories that unfolded during this period. Explore various aspects of life during wartime with engravings showcasing punishments within camps or loading camels with supplies for troops stationed there. Such scenes shed light on daily routines amidst chaos and uncertainty. Join General Sir Samuel Browne at Jellalabad's grand Durbar held on New Year's Day—an event symbolizing unity among diverse groups amid conflict-ridden times. Witness his leadership skills firsthand as he navigates through challenging circumstances. Finally, observe rituals surrounding fallen adversaries such as burning bodies or executing Ghazi assassins.