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1. Photo 430/7(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/7(1)
Title:
Ararat: the whole fabric of Ararat from Erivan. Erivan in the foreground. Little Ararat on the left; in the centre Great Ararat, its summit enveloped in cloud. The summit of Great Ararat is about 35 miles off from where we are standing. Photographer: Lynch, Henry Finnis Blosse
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View from an elevated position, looking across the wooded plateau, towards Mount Ararat in the distance. Annotations on the left of the print read: 'Elevations:- Erivan 3229 feet. Plain beyond (at foot of Ararat) 2700-2800 feet. Summit of Ararat c.17,000 ft.'. Publi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1893-1894
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 430/53(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/53(8)
Title:
Everest from Khamba Jong (telephoto). Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Distant view looking across the valley floor towards snowy peaks. Another copy at Photo 1084/1 (7), in White's 'Tibet and Lhasa' (Calcutta, [c. 1906]), where the caption reads: 'This view is one taken with a telephoto lens from a distance of ninety-one miles. Everes...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Jul 1903
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 430/53(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/53(13)
Title:
The Nathu La from Champitang. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking towards the head of the pass, with snow-capped peaks rising on either side. Another copy of this print at Photo 1084/1 (12), in White's 'Tibet and Lhasa' (Calcutta, [c. 1906]), where the caption reads: 'Cham-pi-thang was the first halting place on the T...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Dec 1903
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 430/53(14)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/53(14)
Title:
Chumolari from Champitang. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Distant view of the peak, with two figures posed on the hillside in the foreground. Another copy at Photo 1084/1 (13), in White's 'Tibet and Lhasa' (Calcutta, [c. 1906]), where the caption reads: 'Chomolhari, one of the most beautiful mountains in the world, is beyo...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Dec 1903
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 430/53(20)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/53(20)
Title:
Phari Jong with Chumolari in background. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking towards the Tibetan fort, with the tents of the Younghusband Mission in the foreground and mountains on the skyline. Another copy at Photo 1084/1 (19), in White's 'Tibet and Lhasa' (Calcutta, [c. 1906]).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Jan 1904
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 430/53(27)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/53(27)
Title:
Nishi Kang Sang. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View across the valley towards the snow-capped peak. Another copy at Photo 1084/1 (26), in White's 'Tibet and Lhasa' (Calcutta, [c. 1906]), where the caption reads: 'A view of the Mountain and Glacier'.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Jul 1904
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 430/53(28)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/53(28)
Title:
Camp at Karola. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View of the Younghusband Mission camp, with mountains and glaciers rising from the valley floor beyond. Another copy at Photo 1084/1 (27), in White's 'Tibet and Lhasa' (Calcutta, [c. 1906]), where the caption reads: 'This photograph shows the force encamped just bel...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Jul 1904
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 430/53(29)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/53(29)
Title:
Glacier Nishi Kang Sang. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Close view of the glacier. This is one of the handful of prints in this album that is not reproduced in White's 'Tibet and Lhasa' (Calcutta, [c. 1906]).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Jul 1904
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 430/53(30)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/53(30)
Title:
[River scene beyond Karo La.] Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Distant view, looking along the river towards the line of march of the Younghusband Mission, with mountainside rising steeply on either side. Another copy at Photo 1084/1 (28), in White's 'Tibet and Lhasa' (Calcutta, [c. 1906]), where the caption reads: 'After forci...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Jul 1904
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 430/53(31)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/53(31)
Title:
[Valley beyond the Karu-la Pass, Tibet.] Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the valley towards snowy ranges. Another copy at Photo 1084/1 (29), in White's 'Tibet and Lhasa' (Calcutta, [c. 1906]), where the caption reads: 'After forcing the Kha-Ru-La the force encamped a few miles beyond it, near the place seen in the two ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Jul 1904
Extent:
1 item