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Collection Area Visual Arts Container Reference (shelfmark) Photo 1043

311. Photo 1043(311)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1043(311)
Title:
Images in a Chinese monastery attached to Kundeling. Photographer: Spencer-Chapman, Frederick
Scope & Content:
[Gelatin silver print, 112x77mm]. Subjects = monasteries; religious images Location = Lhasa; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

312. Photo 1043(312)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1043(312)
Title:
Mission's house, the Dekyi Linka [Lhasa]. Photographer: Spencer-Chapman, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Panoramic view of the British Mission House in the Dekyilingka at Lhasa, composed of two joined prints. Nepean and Morgan can be seen on the upper verandah. [Gelatin silver prints, 206x153mm]. Subjects = panoramas; private houses; Tibetan architecture Locat...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 15 Dec 1936
Extent:
1 item

313. Photo 1043(313)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1043(313)
Title:
Yaks laden with wool. Photographer: Spencer-Chapman, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Yak caravan on a mountain road. [Gelatin silver print, 78x112mm]. Subjects = animals; pack animals; wool; yaks
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Dec 1936
Extent:
1 item

314. Photo 1043(314)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1043(314)
Title:
Tibetan gazelle [near Yamdrok Tso]. Photographer: Spencer-Chapman, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Distant view of a herd of gazelle: 'Between the sheep and the yaks, at an indeterminate height, a sharp eye might detect a number of fawn-coloured animals. Powerful glasses show them to be a herd of Tibetan gazelle. In the early morning these graceful animals come low down the hill sides, perhap...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
23 Dec 1936
Extent:
1 item

315. Photo 1043(315)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1043(315)
Title:
Tibetan gazelle [near Yamdrok Tso]. Photographer: Spencer-Chapman, Frederick
Scope & Content:
See note at print 314. [Gelatin silver print, 113x76mm]. Subjects = animals; gazelles; lakes; landscape features Location = Tibet; Yamdrok Tso
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
23 Dec 1936
Extent:
1 item

316. Photo 1043(316)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1043(316)
Title:
House-hares and snow-finches [near Nangartse at the eastern extremity of Yamdrok Tso]. Photographer: Spencer-Chapman, Frederick
Scope & Content:
''...In the still early morning, hundreds of tiny mouse-hares came out of their holes and basked in the sun, often sitting up, marmot-like, to squeak shrilly at any intruder...Several varieties of snow-finches and larks searched the ground for food.' (Lhasa Mission Diary, 23 December 1936). [Ge...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
23 Dec 1936
Extent:
1 item

317. Photo 1043(317)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1043(317)
Title:
Panorama of the mountains bordering the Karo La. The high peak is Nodzinkangsa (23,794 feet). Photographer: Spencer-Chapman, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Panoramic view composed of two joined prints [Gelatin silver print, 188x69mm] Subjects = mountain scenery; panoramas Location = Karo La; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

318. Photo 1043(318)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1043(318)
Title:
Dust storm. Photographer: Spencer-Chapman, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Group of Tibetans and ponies in storm: 'Anyone using the [Chaksam] ferry would be well advised to cross very early in the morning, as on each occasion that we were there the whole valley was swept by so violent a dust-storm that we had to wait for several hours before it was safe for the crazy o...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
23 Dec 1936
Extent:
1 item

319. Photo 1043(319)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1043(319)
Title:
Chaksam ferry. Photographer: Spencer-Chapman, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Box-like wooden ferry boat taking horses across the Tsang Po at Chaksam. See note at print 318. [Gelatin silver print, 112x78mm]. Subjects = ferries; local craft; river scenes; transport; water transport Location = Chaksam; Tibet; Tsangpo (river)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
23 Dec 1936
Extent:
1 item

320. Photo 1043(320)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1043(320)
Title:
Soldiers in old-fashioned armour [Lhasa]. Photographer: Spencer-Chapman, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Three members of the Zimchongpa (traditional Tibetan foot-soldiery) on the roof of the Jokhang at Lhasa. This photograph is also reproduced in Hugh Richardson, 'Ceremonies of the Lhasa Year' (London, 1993), p. 117. 'There was a strange ceremony on the Cathedral roof at dawn today. As this only h...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
24 Dec 1936
Extent:
1 item