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Wood Engraving Depicting the March Toward Kabul of the British Army - Second Anglo-afghan War
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Wood Engraving Depicting the March Toward Kabul of the British Army - Second Anglo-afghan War

19th century
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Xylography illustrating the British army's advance toward Kabul during the Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878–1880), featuring Gurkha soldiers of Nepalese descent and elephants.

Title: “The Afghan War, Cabul Expeditionary Force, 3rd Goorkhas on the March through the Terai.” This work was created for "The Illustrated London News" and published on 30 November 1878. Later hand coloured.

Author: Charles Robinson (active 1866–1880), artist, engraver, and illustrator for "The Illustrated London News."

Overall 73.5cm x 60.5cm

Image only 49cm x 33cm

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Pareglio & Ayres Antiques Interiors has dated this Victorian Afghan War Engraving to the 19th Century.

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Xylography illustrating the British army's advance toward Kabul during the Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878–1880), featuring Gurkha soldiers of Nepalese descent and elephants.

Title: “The Afghan War, Cabul Expeditionary Force, 3rd Goorkhas on the March through the Terai.” This work was created for "The Illustrated London News" and published on 30 November 1878. Later hand coloured.

Author: Charles Robinson (active 1866–1880), artist, engraver, and illustrator for "The Illustrated London News.
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Overall 73.5cm x 60.5cm

Image only 49cm x 33cm

Date of Manufacture

Pareglio & Ayres Antiques Interiors has dated this Victorian Afghan War Engraving to the 19th Century.

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Wood Engraving depicting the march toward Kabul of the British army - Second Anglo-Afghan War

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Framed hand-coloured Victorian wood engraving depicting soldiers and elephants marching through a landscape during the Second Anglo-Afghan War.
Wood Engraving depicting the march toward Kabul of the British army - Second Anglo-Afghan War
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Framed hand-coloured Victorian wood engraving depicting soldiers and elephants marching through a landscape during the Second Anglo-Afghan War.
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A Victorian wood engraving is a 19th-century printmaking method where an image was carved into the end grain of dense hardwood blocks. This technique allowed for high-level detail and enabled prints to be reproduced alongside movable type in newspapers and periodicals.

Prints were created by pressing paper onto inked wood blocks. While the original impressions were monochrome black ink, many pieces were subsequently hand-coloured using watercolour washes by specialized illustrators or colourists.

Authentic wood engravings typically exhibit fine, precise line work and cross-hatching, often accompanied by publication text or captions along the lower margin. The paper usually displays age-appropriate toning, foxing, or evidence of a central fold if originally bound within a periodical.

Historical prints function well when grouped on a gallery wall alongside contemporary line drawings, or hung singly above a sideboard or desk. Framing with clean, multi-layer mounting bridges the gap between traditional subject matter and modern interior schemes.

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