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040-003039057 Subject Reading Collection

1. Photo 10/17(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 10/17(11)
Title:
Frescoes in Rongbuk Monastery. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Images of the Buddha and other scenes. [Photogravure, 253x203mm]. Subjects = Buddha images; frescoes; paintings and drawings; Reading Collection; Tibetan art Location = Rongbuk; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1924
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 10/17(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 10/17(7)
Title:
In the trough, East Rongbuk Glacier [Everest Expedition]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Looking along the glacier towards the summit of Everest, with an unidentified figure posed among the ice in the foreground. [Photogravure, 254x203mm]. Subjects = glaciers; landscape features; mountaineering; Reading Collection; sports Location = East Rongbuk Gl...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1924
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 10/17(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 10/17(9)
Title:
Looking westward from 28,100 feet on Mount Everest. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography [Photogravure, 253x203mm]. Subjects = mountaineering; Reading Collection; sports Location = Everest, Mount; Nepal
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1924
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 10/17(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 10/17(5)
Title:
Rope ladder below the ice chimney slopes of the Chang La [Everest Expedition]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Unidentified climbers negotiating the chimney slopes. [Photogravure, 203x254mm]. Subjects = mountaineering; Reading Collection; sports Location = Everest, Mount; Nepal
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1924
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 10/17(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 10/17(8)
Title:
Crevasses in the East Rongbuk Glacier a little way above the trough [Mount Everest Expedition]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the crevasse, with an unidentified climber peering over the edge. [Photogravure, 253x203mm]. Subjects = glaciers; landscape features; mountaineering; Reading Collection; sports Location = East Rongbuk Glacier; Rongbuk Valley; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1924
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 10/17(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 10/17(4)
Title:
Captain Bruce with three porters who established Camp V [Everest Expedition]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Portrait taken at Camp VI, with Bruce seated and the three porters standing behind him. [Photogravure, 253x203mm]. Subjects = mountaineering; Reading Collection; sports Location = Everest, Mount; Nepal
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1924
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 10/17(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 10/17(10)
Title:
Memorial [cairn] erected at the Base Camp, Rongbuk Valley, to those who died on the three [Mount Everest] expeditions. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View of cairn of stones, with Everest in the distance in the background. [Photogravure254x203mm]. Subjects = monuments and memorials; mountaineering; Reading Collection; sports Location = Rongbuk Valley; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1924
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 10/17(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 10/17(6)
Title:
Colonel Norton approaching the highest point of his climb at 28,200 feet [Everest Expedition]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events [Photogravure, 205x253mm]. Subjects = mountaineering; Reading Collection; sports Location = Everest, Mount; Nepal
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1924
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 10/17(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 10/17(3)
Title:
Colonel Norton and Dr Somervell and three porters who established Camp VI [Everest Expedition]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Portrait taken at Camp VI, with Norton and Somervell seated and the three porters standing behind. [Photogravure, 254x203mm]. Subjects = mountaineering; Reading Collection; sports Location = Everest, Mount; Nepal
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1924
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 10/17(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 10/17(1)
Title:
Members of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1924. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait of expedition members posed in front of a tent. Identifications supplied as follows: A.L. Irvine; G.L. Mallory; Lt-Col E.F. Norton; N.E. Odell; D. Macdonald; E.O. Shebbeare; Capt J.G. Bruce; J.H. Somervell; Bentley Beetham. [Photogravure, 253x203mm].]...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1924
Extent:
1 item