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Subject Chortens

21. Photo 1006/1(584)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1006/1(584)
Title:
Kalatse. M. Gochem Chhorten. Photographer: Lal, Pindi
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of chortens.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

22. Photo 1084, 1(15)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1084, 1(15)
Title:
Chorten near Rin-chen-gong. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards the shrine, with three women standing in front of the buildings: 'On the Mo-chu river opposite Rin-chen-gong, and is a good example of these very picturesque buildings.' Another copy (printed in platinum) at Photo 430/53 (16).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1903-1904
Extent:
1 item

23. Photo 1084, 1(21)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1084, 1(21)
Title:
Kang-mar. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the valley towards the fort and a large chorten or stupa, with the tents of the British Mission pitched around the fortified position: 'The last post on the march to Gyang-tse. This fort was attacked on the early morning of the 6th June by a large...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1903-1904
Extent:
1 item

24. Photo 1084, 2(23)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1084, 2(23)
Title:
The entrance to Lhasa. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking past a chorten or stupa through which the road passes, towards the Potala Palace rising beyond: 'Through this Chorten, Colonel Younghusband and escort marched on the 4th August, 1904, when European troops for the first time in history entered ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1904
Extent:
1 item

25. Photo 1084, 2(24)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1084, 2(24)
Title:
The Chorten, looking backward, or to the west from the foot of the Po-ta-la [Lhasa]. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking along the road towards the chorten or stupa, also seen in print 23, with a group of monks standing in the roadway in the foreground. Another copy (printed in platinum) at Photo 430/53 (64).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1904
Extent:
1 item

26. Photo 1190/1(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1190/1(19)
Title:
Sacred monastery, Wutai, Shansi. Photographer: William Purdom
Scope & Content:
Modern contact print from original glass negative (for which, see Neg 1190/1 (19)). View from an elevated position, looking across the rooftops to a white chorten (stupa). With additional note pencilled on negative envelope: White chorton, i.e. ward of [sic] evil influence sometimes contains ash...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Sep 1909
Extent:
1 item

27. Photo 1190/1(20)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1190/1(20)
Title:
Special sacred monastery, Wutai-shan (the 5 peaked mountains), Shansi. Photographer: William Purdom
Scope & Content:
Modern contact print from original glass negative (for which, see Neg 1190/1 (20)). View looking over the village, with the monastery running along the ridge in the foreground and the great white chorten (stupa) beyond. See print 19 for a closer view of the chorten, taken from the monastery hill.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Sep 1909
Extent:
1 item