Cabinet portrait of Reverend Dugald McKichan, India. Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
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Genre: Portrait Photography Three-quarter length seated cabinet portrait of the Very Revd. Donald McKichan (1851-1932), missionary on the staff of Wilson College, Bombay from 1875 and Principal 1878-1920. He was Vice Chancellor of Bombay University from 1888-90 and on various other occasions.
Cabinet portrait of Eliza McKichan, wife of the Rev. Dugald McKichan, India. Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
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Genre: Portrait Photography Three-quarter length standing cabinet portrait of Eliza McKichan (d. 1920), née McRitchie, wife of Rev. Dugald McKichan and also a missionary in India.
Group of Nuns [Ta-tsang]. Photographer: White, John Claude
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Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Seated group of nuns: 'This was taken at the nunnery of Ta-tsang, a most desolate spot, from which not a single habitation is to be seen. Our visit was a red letter day to the women, as none of them had ever seen a white man before. The wigs are made ...
The Abbott at Kham-pa-jong [Khamba Dzong]. Photographer: White, John Claude
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Genre: Portrait Photography Portrait of the abbot and another figure seated at the entrance to a tent: 'The Abbot was sent by the Tashi Lama to meet the Mission. He was a very placid tempered individual, and said he did not know why he had been sent on this work, as his work was purely devotion...
A group of lamas of Dre-Pung Monastery. Photographer: White, John Claude
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Genre: Architectural Photography Portrait of a large group of monks, 'taken on the Parapet of Dre-Pung', with the river valley and mountains beyond. Another copy (printed in platinum) at Photo 430/53 (51).
Nai-chung [Nechung] Monastery. (Four photographs [prints 13-16]). Photographer: White, John Claude
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Genre: Architectural Photography View of monastery buildings, with monks posed on the steps to the right, and prayer flags hung across the courtyard. Another copy (printed in platinum) at Photo 430/53 (56).