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040-003085136 Subject Palaces

1. Photo 430/53(75)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/53(75)
Title:
Section of Potola [Lhasa]. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View from the roadway beneath, looking up towards a section of the Potala Palace. This is one of the handful of prints in this album not reproduced in White's 'Tibet and Lhasa' (Calcutta, [c. 1906]).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Aug 1904
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 430/53(71)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/53(71)
Title:
The Potola and Monolith [Lhasa]. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View from below looking towards the southern face of the Potala Palace, with the monolithic pillar (Potala Sho Doring) in the foreground. There are ten photographs of the Potala in White's 'Tibet and Lhasa' (Calcutta, [c. 1906]); another copy of this plate is at...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Aug 1904
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 430/53(89)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/53(89)
Title:
Panorama of Lhasa. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Panoramic view of Lhasa, composed of six joined prints, looking north-east towards the Potala Palace from Chakpori Hill. Another copy at Photo 1084/2 (47), in White's 'Tibet and Lhasa' (Calcutta, [c. 1906]), where the caption reads: 'In this can be seen the Po-t...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Aug 1904
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 430/53(73)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/53(73)
Title:
The entrance to the Potola [Lhasa]. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards the entrance, with the body of the Potala Palace rising behind and three figures are posed in the courtyard in the foreground. Another copy at Photo 1084/2 (33), in White's 'Tibet and Lhasa' (Calcutta, [c. 1906]).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Aug 1904
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 430/53(74)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/53(74)
Title:
Houses at foot of Potola [Lhasa]. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of houses lining the roadway at the foot of the Potala Palace. Another copy at Photo 1084/2 (34), in White's 'Tibet and Lhasa' (Calcutta, [c. 1906]).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Aug 1904
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 430/53(68)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/53(68)
Title:
Outside La Khang [Lhasa]. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the roadway towards a portion of the Potala Palace visible on the hillside beyond, with a figure posed in front of the chorten in the foreground. Another copy at Photo 1084/2 (28), in White's 'Tibet and Lhasa' (Calcutta, [c. 1906]), where the capt...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Aug 1904
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 430/53(72)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/53(72)
Title:
Stairway to Potola [Lhasa]. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography This view of the steps at the base of the Potala Palace is one of a handful of prints in this album not reproduced in White's 'Tibet and Lhasa' (Calcutta, [c. 1906]).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Aug 1904
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 430/53(79)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/53(79)
Title:
The Potola at sunset [Lhasa]. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Distant view, looking across fields towards the Potala Palace. Another copy at Photo 1084/2 (39), in White's 'Tibet and Lhasa' (Calcutta, [c. 1906]).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Aug 1904
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 430/53(78)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/53(78)
Title:
The Potola [Lhasa]. A distant view. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography The Potala Palace, viewed across a tree-fringed lake. Another copy at Photo 1084/2 (38), in White's 'Tibet and Lhasa' (Calcutta, [c. 1906]).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Aug 1904
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 430/53(76)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/53(76)
Title:
The gilded roofs in the Potola [Lhasa]. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of finialled roofline of the Potala Palace. Another copy at Photo 1084/2 (36), in White's 'Tibet and Lhasa' (Calcutta, [c. 1906]).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Aug 1904
Extent:
1 item