Storming of Ghuznee: the storming column entering

Abstract: Battle scene depicting British and Afghan soliders in combat as the British stormed the Ghaznī fort in Afghanistan in 1839. The Battle of Ghaznī took place during the First Anglo-Afghan War (1838-1842).
Contributor: Wingate, Thomas, 1807-1869 (Artist), Taylor, Weld, active 1836-1852 (Lithographer), McLean, T. (Thomas) (Publisher)
Date: 1842
Department: Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections
Dimensions: image and text 34 x 46 cm
Genre: lithographs
Last Modified: 2025-10-27T16:43:15.749971Z
Language: English
Materials: 1 print : tinted lithograph
Notes: Title from item. (Local Note)
Provenance: Library copy from the library of Donald K. Adams and Lawrence D. Stewart
Rights Statement: No Copyright - United States
Series: Donald K. Adams and Lawrence D. Stewart Collection of Prints--Wingate, Thomas, 1807-1869. The storming of Ghuznee and Kelât
Source: Detached from: The storming of Ghuznee and Kelât / by J. [sic] Wingate ; drawn on stone by Weld Taylor. London : T. McLean, 1842.
Subject: Afghanistan--Ghaznī, Afghan Wars, Soldiers
Technique: lithography

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