Burke & Baker, Irishmen on the Northwest Frontier

AN album containing 101 photographs of military, topographical, architectural and sporting subjects in India, Kashmir and Afghanistan was the principal attraction for some in a March 12 sale at Hay-on-Wye held by Y Gelli.

Around half of these albumen prints of c.1870-90, mostly measuring 9 x 12in (23 x 30cm) or slightly …

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