Légende

General Roberts and Sirdars of Kabul, Afghanistan, 1879. Roberts was in command of the Punjab frontier force during the Second Afghan War. Britain was worried that Afghanistan would become a dependency of Russia and that British power in India would be in danger.

Date

1879

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM25A15_301

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

49,9Mo (3,2Mo) / 48,5cm x 25,8cm / 5733 x 3044 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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