Paintings by General Walter Fane depicting Pashtuns

Two Pashtun tribesmen with 19th century long barrel percussion guns, and with two women with pots on their heads and dressed in black, in the background, 1879 (c). Inscribed verso "The North West Frontier, India". Watercolour painting by General Walter Fane.

Two armed Pashtuns on the North west Frontier, 1879. One horseman with henna beard, turban, spear and round shield with three bolts, on a white horse with woven saddle with red and blue tassles, the horse being led by a soldier with his back to the viewer, with a musket over his shoulder, set against a mountainous sunset with low clouds, signed and dated lower left W. Fane 1879. An oil on canvas by General Walter Fane (1828-1885).

A Pashtun malik, or headman, Muhammad Khan, circa 1860. Water colour by Captain W.Fane.

Portrait of Dost Muhammad Khan Barakzai, dated 1857. Painting by Major-General Walter Fane. Fane came into direct contact with the Amir Dost Muhammad Khan in 1857 when the British forged a partnership and declared war against Persia. He was given the opportunity to paint Dost Muhammad Khan from life. Source