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1. Photo 169/3(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 169/3(16)
Title:
The Mehtar of Chitral, Amban[?] & followers. Photographer: Develin
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Probably by Develin; similar views are in his Views in Chitral, taken during the Advance of the 3rd Brigade of the Chitral Relief Force under the Command of Brigadier-General W.F. Gatacre, DSO, London c.1896. Subjects = Indian rulers Location = Chitral; North-West F...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1895
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 430/53(85)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/53(85)
Title:
The Chinese Amban [Lhasa]. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Portrait of the Chinese Resident at Lhasa, seated on horseback with attendants grouped round him. Another copy at Photo 1084/2 (45), in White's 'Tibet and Lhasa' (Calcutta, [c.1906]).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Sep 1904
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 667/2(35)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 667/2(35)
Title:
Amban, Yangi Hissar. Photographer: Parsons, Arthur Edward Broadbent
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Portrait of one of the Chinese Ambans at Yangi Hissar, seated in a small wooden punt on a lily pond at Yangi Hissar.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
3 Aug 1927
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 920/1(69)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 920/1(69)
Title:
'How we took the pelican to the wilderness.' Photographer: Skrine, Sir Clarmont Percival
Scope & Content:
Showing the pelican being released at the riverside, with Doris Skrine standing in the background. The incident, in which Skrine was given the inconvenient present of a pelican by Amban of Boghaz Langar, and which then had to be surreptitiously freed, is recounted in his 'Chinese Central Asia' (...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Apr 1924
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 920/1(74)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 920/1(74)
Title:
At the Temple of Nyang Nyang, Khotan, May 1924: Ma Tungling, Mr Kerakin Moldovack, self and Li Amban. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Group of the four figures posed in front of the temple gateway, with Turki figures in left foreground. [Glatin silver print, 298x227mm]. Subjects = Skrine Collection Location = China; Khotan; Xinjiang
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
May 1924
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 1042(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1042(19)
Title:
The Amban of Kargalik. Photographer: Sykes, Percy Molesworth
Scope & Content:
Full-length seated portrait of the Chinese official
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Apr 1915-Nov 1915
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 1083/13(185)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1083/13(185)
Title:
Colonel Ma [Gyantse]. Photographer: Bailey, Frederick Marshman
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length standing portrait of Colonel Ma, the Amban's envoy. Subjects = Bailey Collection; military (general); military campaigns Location = Gyantse; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
11 Apr 1904
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 1083/14(337)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1083/14(337)
Title:
Lhasa. Amban arriving to call on the Commissioner. Photographer: Bailey, Frederick Marshman
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Distant view of delegates approaching. The picture is dated 4 August in the album, but all other sources agree that the Amban visited Younghusband on the day of his arrival at Lhasa, viz. 3 August. Subjects = Bailey Collection; military (general); military campaigns ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
3 Aug 1904
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 1083/14(338)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1083/14(338)
Title:
Lhasa. The Amban's bodyguard. Photographer: Bailey, Frederick Marshman
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Bodyguard approaching for the Amban's meeting with Younghusband. Subjects = Bailey Collection; bodyguards; military (general); military campaigns Location = Lhasa; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
3 Aug 1904
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 1083/14(339)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1083/14(339)
Title:
Lhasa. Amban arriving in his chair. Photographer: Bailey, Frederick Marshman
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Sedan chair carrying the Amban arriving for meeting with Younghusband. The chair is largely obscured by Chinese figures in the foreground. The figure walking towards the camera is possibly the Amban, Yu-t'ai. Subjects = Bailey Collection; Chinese officials; military (...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
3 Aug 1904
Extent:
1 item