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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 430 Material Type Photographs

2921. Photo 430/53(56)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/53(56)
Title:
In Nachung [Nechung] Monastery. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking across a courtyard in the monastery, draped with prayer flags, towards the group of monks posed on a flight of steps. Another copy at Photo 1084/2 (16), in White's 'Tibet and Lhasa' (Calcutta, [c. 1906]).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Sep 1904
Extent:
1 item

2922. Photo 430/53(57)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/53(57)
Title:
The dwelling of the Chief Oracle, Nachung [Nechung Monastery]. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Another copy at Photo 1084/2 (17), in White's 'Tibet and Lhasa' (Calcutta, [c. 1906]), where the house is described as situated 'only a few yards behind the Monastery, slightly higher up the hillside...In front is the house built on a raised stone foundation; a ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Sep 1904
Extent:
1 item

2923. Photo 430/53(58)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/53(58)
Title:
Lama's dwelling, Nachung [Nechung Monastery]. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of the courtyard and part of the house, with a figure posed with a dog in the foreground. Another copy at Photo 1084/2 (18), in White's 'Tibet and Lhasa' (Calcutta, [c. 1906]).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Sep 1904
Extent:
1 item

2924. Photo 430/53(59)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/53(59)
Title:
Sera Monastery. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view, looking across the valley towards the monastery and hillside rising behind. Another copy at Photo 1084/2 (19), in White's 'Tibet and Lhasa' (Calcutta, [c. 1906]), where the caption reads: 'This is another large monastery outside Lhasa, similar to, ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Sep 1904
Extent:
1 item

2925. Photo 430/53(60)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/53(60)
Title:
In Sera Monastery. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of monastery buildings, with mountainside rising behind. Another copy at Photo 1084/2 (20), in White's 'Tibet and Lhasa' (Calcutta, [c. 1906]).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Sep 1904
Extent:
1 item

2926. Photo 430/53(61)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/53(61)
Title:
The stewards of Sera Monastery. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait of lamas, taken in the street, with monastery buildings behind. Another copy at Photo 1084/2 (21), in White's 'Tibet and Lhasa' (Calcutta, [c. 1906]), where the caption reads: 'On the right of the photograph are the two steel maces which are the emblem...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Sep 1904
Extent:
1 item

2927. Photo 430/53(62)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/53(62)
Title:
The court yard, Lhalu's house [Lhasa]. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View from an upper storey of the building, looking out across the courtyard. The Union flag flies over the entrance. Another copy at Photo 1084/2 (22), in White's 'Tibet and Lhasa' (Calcutta, [c. 1906]), where the caption reads: 'This is the house where the Miss...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Aug 1904
Extent:
1 item

2928. 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

2929. 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

2930. Photo 430/53(65)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/53(65)
Title:
Utok bridge [Yutok Bridge, Yuthok Zampa, or the Turqouise Roof Bridge, Lhasa]. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of a covered section of the bridge. Another copy at Photo 1084/2 (25), in White's 'Tibet and Lhasa' (Calcutta, [c. 1906]), where the caption reads: 'The so-called Turquoise Bridge. A very ordinary structure roofed with greenish Chinese tiles'.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Aug 1904
Extent:
1 item