The Regent [Lhasa]. Photographer: White, John Claude
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Genre: Portrait Photography Three-quarter length seated portrait: 'Ti Rimpochi, of Galdan Monastery, who has risen from the lowest ranks of the priesthood to be the most learned and revered Doctor of Divinity throughout Tibet, and who now, by virtue of a decree of the Chinese Emperor, is acting...
The Chinese Amban [Lhasa]. Photographer: White, John Claude
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Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length portrait, seated on horseback, with attendants gathered around him. Another copy (printed in platinum) at Photo 430/53 (85).
The Do-rings at Gyantse. Servants standing behind. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Portrait Photography Seated portrait of Do-ring Ku-sho and his wife, with servants standing behind. The Do-ring family had for generations served as civil administartors to the Tibetan government, but the figure seen here had been dismissed and exiled from Lhasa for alleged complicity in...
Chief Telegraphist in Jehol [Chengde], Mr Chung and family. Photographer: William Purdom
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Modern contact print from original glass negative (for which, see Neg 1190/1 (3)). Portrait of Chung and his wife, with six children. The group is arranged around a small table on which a clock of western design stands.
Official group, Weichang. Photographer: William Purdom
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Modern contact print from original glass negative (for which, see Neg 1190/1 (11)). Portrait of Chinese group (two children in foreground), posed on the verandah of a house. The figure seated in the centre is clearly the most important of the group.