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Pen and ink drawings of Afghanistan by Frank Holt MBE (1907-1997)
Catalogue reference: RSAA/SC/HOLT/4
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- RSAA/SC/HOLT/4
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Title (The name of the record)
- Pen and ink drawings of Afghanistan by Frank Holt MBE (1907-1997)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1968-1969
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Description (What the record is about)
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Thirty-six signed original pen and ink drawings of Afghanistan, as follows, numbering and captions as they appear on each drawing (note: there is no drawing numbered 19):
(1) A Mosque in Kabul. (2) Chaikhana in Charikar. (3) Charikar. (4) Gülbahar bazaar, near entrance to the Panjshir Valley. (5) In the Ghorband Valley. (6) Woman washing clothes outside Bolola. (7) Interior of Qala, Bolola Village, near Bamyan. (8) Little Girl at Bolola Village, near Bamyan. (9) Ruins of the "Red City", guarding the entrance to Bamyan. (10) Shar-i-Gholghola (City of Noise), near Bamyan, and Koh-i-Baba Mountains. (10A) A mausoleum near Balkh village. Persian blue tiled roof. (11) The Shrine of Khwaja Pasha by Balkl Village. (12) Balkh. (13) The Old Minaret at Zadan Village, north of Balkh. (13A) Zadan Village, north of Balkh. (14) Three men threshing on the way to the Unai Pass. (15) Qalas (fortified villages) in the Ghorband Valley. (16) The only masonry bridge between Kabul and Herat. (17) Kuchi (nomad tents), west of Shahrak. (18) Minaret of Victory. (20) Eighty-five year old blind man at the Minaret of Djam [drawing now framed and hanging in RSAA library]. (21) Kuchi (nomads) crossing the Hari Rud by moonlight at dawn. (22) Ancient mausoleum at Chist. (23) The Great Friday Mosque [entrance], Herat. (24) Fragment of the Great Friday Mosque, Herat. (25) The Mausoleum of Queen Gohar Shad, Herat, trees in the foreground [drawing now framed and hanging in RSAA library]. (26) Minaret of Gohar Shad's Mausoleum, Herat. (27) The Musallah of Queen Gohar Shad, Herat. (28) Herat - Citadel. (29) An old Nuristani tomb. (30) Kamdesh village high in mountains, Nuristan border. (31) Kamdesh village architecture. (32) The Towers at Ghazni. [No number] Ruins of the "Red City" fortress, Bamyan. [No number] Qala, near Maidan. [No number] Buddist caves at Samangan.
The file also contains a brief biography (one sheet) of Frank Holt, supplied by Anne M Holt.
Earlier versions of two of the drawings (numbers 5 and 16 above) are reproduced in Freya Stark, The Minaret of Djam (John Murray, London: 1970), where they are credited to "Mark" (see pp. 24 and 41).
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Royal Society for Asian Affairs
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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- 1 file
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Nearly all drawings are on paper 295 x 210mm. In addition to the captions of the artist, additional heavier captions in black have been subsequently added by Anne M Holt.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/82d6e374-6afe-4ca9-8731-18422eeddc3e/
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RSAA/SC/HOLT
Holt, Frank, artist, and Holt, Anne, photographer, both fl 1925-2000
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Within the series: RSAA/SC/HOLT
Holt, Frank, artist, and Holt, Anne, photographer, both fl 1925-2000
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Pen and ink drawings of Afghanistan by Frank Holt MBE (1907-1997)