View in the Large Garden, Jellalabad

1879

From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art

Impressionism Realism Late 19th Century Cityscape ireland

Dominant colour

View in the Large Garden, Jellalabad is a 1879 by John Burke, a Impressionism work, depicting ireland, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.

Who painted this?: John Burke
When & what style?: 1879 · Impressionism
Where can I see it?: Cleveland Museum of Art

About this work

You’re looking at a quiet garden with tall trees and a few soldiers standing around. The light is soft, like late afternoon. This isn’t a painting—it’s an early photograph. John Burke was there during the Second Anglo-Afghan War, but cameras back then couldn’t catch fast action. So he took pictures of places where battles happened, not the battles themselves. It’s one of the first times Afghanistan was photographed in detail. If you want to see more of his work, look up John Burke (Irish, 1845–1915).