General view of the palace at Sarahan. Francke (1914), p. 8: 'The Raja asked us first to take a photo of himself [see 468], and then to go to the other side of his palace and take a general view of it from there ... The palace presented itself at its best from the mountain side, where it showed ...
Kolhapur. Gateway of old Palace. Photographer: Cousens, Henry
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Genre: Architectural Photography Henry Cousens, 'Revised list of antiquarian remains in the Bombay Presidency ... originally compiled by J. Burgess' (Bombay, 1897), p. 284: '...the main entrance to the old palace, and stands about 40 yards north from it. It is built of black stone, and was erec...
At Adis Abbaba. Distant view of Menelek's palace and enclosure. Photographer: Swayne, Harald George Carlos
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Inscription: Numbered '51' in the negative. Genre: Urban Topographical Photography Distant view of the emperor's palace, at the summit of the hill, with the town laid out below.
Vue extérieure du Palais Impérial de Top-Kapou et de la Pointe du Séraïl [Istanbul] [Turkish text: View of Sarayburnu and the Topkapi Palace]. Photographer: Abdullah Frères
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Inscription: Signed 'Abdullah Frères' in the negative Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the Topkapi Palace and Seraglio Point, with the tower of the Divan on the skyline.
Vue de Stamboul prise de la Tour de Galata [Istanbul] [Turkish text: View of Istanbul from the Galata Tower]. Photographer: Abdullah Frères
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Inscription: Signed 'Abdullah Frères' in the negative Genre: Landscape Photography View looking across the Golden Horn from the Galata Tower, with parts of the Topkapi Palace and several mosques; Hagia Sophia, Suleymaniye, Yeni Valide Camii and Rustem Pasha Mosques are visible on the far shore...
The entrance to Lhasa. Photographer: White, John Claude
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Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking past a chorten or stupa through which the road passes, towards the Potala Palace rising beyond: 'Through this Chorten, Colonel Younghusband and escort marched on the 4th August, 1904, when European troops for the first time in history entered ...
The Lukhang [Lhasa]. Photographer: White, John Claude
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Genre: Landscape Photography 'A beautiful grove at the foot of the Po-ta-la [partially visible in the background] with a small lake in the middle. The grove or garden belongs to the Dalai Lama.' With a figure posed beside a chorten or stupa in the roadway in the foreground. Another copy (printe...
The Po-ta-la [Lhasa]. Photographer: White, John Claude
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Genre: Architectural Photography General view from the foot of the hill, with the granite monolith standing on the open area in the foreground. Another copy (printed in platinum) at Photo 430/53 (71).