Title

'Retreat of the British Army from Kabul', c1912. Artist: Unknown.

Caption

'Retreat of the British Army from Kabul', c1912. The 1842 Kabul Retreat (or Massacre of Elphinstone's army) took place during the First Anglo-Afghan War. From The Romance of India, edited by Herbert Strang. [Hodder & Stoughton, London, c1912]
The Print Collector collection

Date

1912

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C83_473

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

27,2Mb (2,4Mb) / 8,2in x 12,8in / 2466 x 3852 (300dpi)

Keywords

people male man men India Indian arts night country book guy smoke burning color colour illumination war location retreat century illuminated marching illuminate soldiers soldier literature concept troops time of day Army warfare lit Up 19th century Afghanistan Local People 1910s 20th century British Army Kabul massacre nineteenth century retreating history The Print Collector Anglo-Afghan War Hindoostan TGN portrait Unknown Herbert Strang Ltd Romance of India Hodder & Stoughton Ltd Hodder & Stoughton Hodder & Stoughton Ltd. Herbert Strang George Herbert Ely Charles James L'Estrange William George Keith Elphinstone Elphinstone William George Keith Hodder & Stoughton Ltd Herbert Strang William George Keith Elphinstone portrait