Bill Woodburn, an Afghan expert specialising in forts and castles, notes in an email to Richard Macrory: I have noted that the picture on Page 82, is wrongly labelled ‘Jalalabad’ [see: Richard Macrory, The First Afghan War 1839–42. Invasion, Catastrophe and Retreat, Osprey Publishing, London 2016, illustration page 82]. This often happens with this particular picture, as it comes out of Walton’ s “The Defence of Jalalabad by Major Gen Sale, etc”. Walton included it with one or two others (also not of Jalalabad) by Lady Sale’s son-in-law, Lieut Sturt, because, as Lady Sale says in an interesting piece in the book, so few of his drawings survived (a tragedy, as he was a good and accurate artist). This one is, in fact, of the north-west corner of the Lower Bala Hissar in Kabul. The upper part of the fort is in the left background, the Bala Burj is in the right background, with a part of the old city of Kabul below. The octagonal tower centre-front is a fine piece of Mughal architecture (the figures in front will have been added by Walton).There was nothing quite like this view in Jalalabad. But, again, no-one will really notice (except me!). Sir Robert Henry Sale 1782-1845, The Defence of Jellalabad, London: published for the Proprietor by J. Hogarth, H. Graves & Co., and to be had of Hullmandel & Walton, [no date but circa 1845]. Folio (21 1/4 x 14 3/8 inches). Lithographic portrait of Sale, on India paper mounted, by Thomas Fairland after Scarlet Davis, tinted lithographic pictorial title, lithographic dedication, 34 tinted lithographic views (on 22 leaves) by W.L.Walton after J.L.D. Sturt, Captain Souter and others, all printed by Hullmandel & Walton, 1 double-page lithographic map by S. Leith of Edinburgh after Captain Hamlet C. Wade. See Edward Hare, Memoirs of Edward Hare, C.S.I., late Inspector-General of Hospitals, Bengal, where he attributes some the sketches in The Defence of Jellalabad to James Rattray who drew the images for The Costumes of the Various Tribes, Portraits of Ladies of Rank, Cerebrated Princes and Chiefs, Views of the Principal Fortresses and Cities, and Interior of the Cities and Temples, Afghaunistaun.
Sir Robert Henry Sale 1782-1845 The Defence of Jellalabad London: published for the Proprietor by J. Hogarth, H. Graves & Co., and to be had of Hullmandel & Walton, [no date but circa 1845]. Folio (21 1/4 x 14 3/8 inches). Richard Macrory, The First Afghan War 1839–42. Invasion, Catastrophe and Retreat, Osprey Publishing, London 2016, illustrated page 82