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71. Photo 430/53(82)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/53(82)
Title:
Ti Rimpochi (The Regent) [Lhasa]. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length seated portrait. Another copy at Photo 1084/2 (42), in White's 'Tibet and Lhasa' (Calcutta, [c. 1906]), where the caption reads: 'Ti Rimpochi, of Galdan Monastery, who has risen from the lowest ranks of the priesthood to be the most learned and revered Di...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Sep 1904
Extent:
1 item

72. Photo 430/53(42)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/53(42)
Title:
View from entrance to Iron Bridge [Chaksam ferry]. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the iron chains across the river, towards a small island in mid-stream. Another copy at Photo 1084/2 (2), in White's 'Tibet and Lhasa' (Calcutta, [c. 1906]).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Jul 1904
Extent:
1 item

73. 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

74. 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

75. 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

76. Photo 430/53(83)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/53(83)
Title:
Shapés. The Council of Four [Lhasa]. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length standing portrait of the four men. Another copy at Photo 1084/2 (43), in White's 'Tibet and Lhasa' (Calcutta, [c. 1906]), where the caption reads: 'These officials may be described as the Executive Council of four...Their names, from left to right, are Ut...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Sep 1904
Extent:
1 item

77. Photo 430/53(87)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/53(87)
Title:
Two men imprisoned for giving aid to travellers in Tibet [Lhasa]. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length standing portrait of two Tibetans. In his book, 'India and Tibet' (1910) p.307, Younghusband writes: 'The Sha-pés then produced two men who had been imprisoned owing to assistance they had given to Sarat Chandra Das, the Bengali traveller, and two men who...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Sep 1904
Extent:
1 item

78. Photo 430/53(52)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/53(52)
Title:
Image in Debung [Drepung] Monastery. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Detail of a large carved seated Buddha image. Another copy at Photo 1084/2 (12), in White's 'Tibet and Lhasa' (Calcutta, [c. 1906]), where the caption reads: 'The appearance of the image in the photograph suggests greater magnificance than really appertains to i...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Sep 1904
Extent:
1 item

79. 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

80. 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