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Collection Area Visual Arts Subject Chortens

1. Mss Eur D622(40)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D622(40)
Title:
Devil dancers in Lahul. Photographer: Coldstream, Sir John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Group of costumed and masked dancers posed in front of two small chortens.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1910
Extent:
1 item

2. Neg 1112/7(602)

Reference (shelfmark):
Neg 1112/7(602)
Title:
Gu-shin Suma. Pagoda (Chö-ten) in temple. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards a chorten or small stupa in the temple precinct. Duplicate negative only, no print.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1935
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 20(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 20(7)
Title:
A Chuten [chorten] near the Monastery of Gorina [Bhutan]. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography This photograph also appears in The National Geographic Magazine (Apr 1914, p. 382), with the following caption: 'A fine example of chorten, or shrine, at Gorina Monastery, surrounded by prayer flags. In front a venerable lama is telling his beads. The carving a...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1905
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 20(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 20(11)
Title:
Interior of main courtyard: Tashichhu Jong [Thimphu, Bhutan]. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking across the wide paved courtyard towards buildings of the dzong. Photograph also appears in The National Geographic Magazine (Apr 1914, p. 397) with the following caption: 'A courtyard at Tashi-Cho-Jong, with the Citadel on the left and a fine chorte...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1905
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 20(33)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 20(33)
Title:
Chuten [chorten or stupa] built on Nepalese model between Tongsa and Bya-gha [Bhutan]. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of the large chorten or stupa at the roadside. A photograph of the same structure, taken from a different angle and with a small river in the foreground, is at Photo 613 (27), there captioned 'Sambhunath Chutan on road between Simtokha and Tongsa E.' Subj...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1905
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 430/53(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/53(16)
Title:
Chutens [chortens] near Rinchingong. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View showing a group of chortens, with three figures posed in front of the structures. Another copy at Photo 1084/1 (15), in White's 'Tibet and Lhasa' (Calcutta, [c. 1906]).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Dec 1903
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 430/53(22)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/53(22)
Title:
Kangmar. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Distant view, looking along the valley towards the Younghusband Mission camp, with a large chorten or stupa and fortified buildings beyond. Another copy at Photo 1084/1 (21), in White's 'Tibet and Lhasa' (Calcutta, [c. 1906]), where the caption reads: 'The last post...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Apr 1904
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 430/53(63)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/53(63)
Title:
The Potola [Potala Palace] and entrance gate [Lhasa]. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards the Potala Palace, with the roadway passing through the base of a chorten or stupa in the foreground (the Pargo Kaling Gateway). Another copy at Photo 1084/2 (23), in White's 'Tibet and Lhasa' (Calcutta, [c. 1906]), where the caption reads: ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Aug 1904
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 430/53(64)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/53(64)
Title:
The entrance gate [Pargo Kaling] from inside [Lhasa]. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking along the road towards the inner face of the chorten or stupa known as the Pargo Kaling, also seen in print 23, with a group of monks standing in the roadway in the foreground. Another copy at Photo 1084/2 (24), in White's 'Tibet and Lhasa' (Calcutt...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Aug 1904
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 430/53(68)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/53(68)
Title:
Outside La Khang [Lhasa]. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the roadway towards a portion of the Potala Palace visible on the hillside beyond, with a figure posed in front of the chorten in the foreground. Another copy at Photo 1084/2 (28), in White's 'Tibet and Lhasa' (Calcutta, [c. 1906]), where the capt...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Aug 1904
Extent:
1 item