Khyber Side of Sarkai Hill
1879
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1879
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Khyber Side of Sarkai Hill is a 1879 by John Burke, a Impressionism work, depicting ireland, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
You see a rocky hillside under a pale sky, dotted with tents and tiny figures in military uniforms. This isn’t a painting—it’s an early photograph. Burke lugged heavy glass plates and a darkroom tent into war zones just to make these quiet images. The soldiers look posed because the camera needed minutes of stillness, not seconds. If you want to see more of the first photos from a war zone, look up John Burke (Irish, 1845–1915).
