Houses at foot of Potola [Lhasa]. Photographer: White, John Claude
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Genre: Architectural Photography View of houses lining the roadway at the foot of the Potala Palace. Another copy at Photo 1084/2 (34), in White's 'Tibet and Lhasa' (Calcutta, [c. 1906]).
Section of Potola [Lhasa]. Photographer: White, John Claude
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Genre: Architectural Photography View from the roadway beneath, looking up towards a section of the Potala Palace. This is one of the handful of prints in this album not reproduced in White's 'Tibet and Lhasa' (Calcutta, [c. 1906]).
The gilded roofs in the Potola [Lhasa]. Photographer: White, John Claude
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Genre: Architectural Photography View of finialled roofline of the Potala Palace. Another copy at Photo 1084/2 (36), in White's 'Tibet and Lhasa' (Calcutta, [c. 1906]).
View from the Potola, shewing Medical College (on hill) [Lhasa]. Photographer: White, John Claude
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Genre: Landscape Photography View looking south-west from the Potala, along the ridge towards the Medical College on Chakpori Hill, with the valley of the Kyi chu beyond. In the left foreground is the point from which print 63 was taken. Another copy at Photo 1084/2 (29), in White's 'Tibet and ...
The Potola [Lhasa]. A distant view. Photographer: White, John Claude
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Genre: Landscape Photography The Potala Palace, viewed across a tree-fringed lake. Another copy at Photo 1084/2 (38), in White's 'Tibet and Lhasa' (Calcutta, [c. 1906]).
The Potola at sunset [Lhasa]. Photographer: White, John Claude
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Genre: Landscape Photography Distant view, looking across fields towards the Potala Palace. Another copy at Photo 1084/2 (39), in White's 'Tibet and Lhasa' (Calcutta, [c. 1906]).
Genre: Landscape Photography View along a river valley, presumably the Kyi Chu, with prayer flags hanging over the road in the foreground. Another copy at Photo 1084/2 (40), in White's 'Tibet and Lhasa' (Calcutta, [c. 1906]).
A grove in Lhasa. Photographer: White, John Claude
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Genre: Landscape Photography General view of lake and trees. Another copy at Photo 1084/2 (41), in White's 'Tibet and Lhasa' (Calcutta, [c. 1906]): 'These groves are one of the chief features of Lhasa. Only poplars and willows grow there; and every tree when planted is carefully entered in a re...
Ti Rimpochi (The Regent) [Lhasa]. Photographer: White, John Claude
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Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length seated portrait. Another copy at Photo 1084/2 (42), in White's 'Tibet and Lhasa' (Calcutta, [c. 1906]), where the caption reads: 'Ti Rimpochi, of Galdan Monastery, who has risen from the lowest ranks of the priesthood to be the most learned and revered Di...
Shapés. The Council of Four [Lhasa]. Photographer: White, John Claude
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Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length standing portrait of the four men. Another copy at Photo 1084/2 (43), in White's 'Tibet and Lhasa' (Calcutta, [c. 1906]), where the caption reads: 'These officials may be described as the Executive Council of four...Their names, from left to right, are Ut...