Salvete Omnes,
Captain James Rattray was a British officer in the Bengal Army and an artist.
As a Lieutenant Rattray in the Bengal Army infantry he also explored the country and drew & painted the Afghans and Afghanistan during 1838-42 or the First Anglo-Afghan war.
It should be noted that he made alive the disastrous retreat from Kabul across the Kyber Pass back into the British Imperial India.
His brother Charles Rattray, also an officer in the Bengal Army & Indian Army, was killed or murdered near Kabul in 1841.
James Rattray
The little gallery of Captain Rattray's artwork showing camels and horses
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| two Afghan brothers of Cpt Rattray's cavalry escort Sept 1841 |
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| the Ghilzai or Kochis Pashtun nomads as seen by Rattray |
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| the women of nomad Ghilzai - description here - |
also available on the world library website - Archive.
Valete
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