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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 8 Material Type Photographs

1. Photo 8

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 8
Title:
Younghusband Mission to Tibet. Photographer(s): Unknown
Scope & Content:
Two loose, unmounted prints with references and descriptions on the reverse. One is a photograph of the main door of the Jo-Khang, Lhasa. The other is a photograph of a sketch which appears in a plate in Laurence Austine Waddell's 'Lhasa and its Mysteries' (1905). The photograph and the sketch w...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1903-1904
Extent:
2 items

2. Photo 8(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 8(1)
Title:
The main door of the Place of the Gods (Jo-Khang, Lhasa) where the stones are worn into grooves by prostrations of the devout. Sacred willow tree on left. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography A note on the back reads: 'A 5x4 film (cut down)'. Subjects = gateways; temples; Tibetan architecture Location = Lhasa; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Aug 1904
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 8(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 8(2)
Title:
The small-pox edict pillar or monument opposite chief entrance to the Jo-Khang, or cathedral, in Lhasa. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Photograph of a sketch by N.V.L.Rybot which appears on page 340 of L.A. Waddell's Lhasa and its mysteries (London, 1905). Subjects = architectural elements; edict pillars; Tibetan architecture Location = Lhasa; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1903-1904
Extent:
1 item

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