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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 430 Subject Religion

1. Photo 430/7(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/7(2)
Title:
Erivan: the lake in the court of the great Shiah mosque of Guek Jame. Shiahs performing their ablutions. N.B. fancy entering a Shiah mosque in Persia and photographing the pious over their ablutions! Photographer: Lynch, Henry Finnis Blosse
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking across the ablution tank in the mosque, with figures posed on the far side. A man in western dress, presumably one of Lynch's party, stands at the extreme left. Published: H. F. B. Lynch, 'Armenia. Travels and studies' (2 vols., 1901), vol. 1,...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1893-1894
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 430/53(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/53(9)
Title:
Tibetan nuns [Tatsang]. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Group portrait of nuns at Tatsang. Another copy at Photo 1084/1 (8), in White's 'Tibet and Lhasa' (Calcutta, [c. 1906]), where the caption reads: 'This was taken at the Nunnery of Ta-tsang, a most desolate spot, from which not a single habitation is t...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Jul 1903
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 430/53(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/53(10)
Title:
Badula and Head Monk under the Tashi Lama [Khamba Dzong]. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Portrait of the two men seated at tables laid out with tea, in front of their tent. Another copy at Photo 1084/1 (9), in White's 'Tibet and Lhasa' (Calcutta, [c. 1906]), where the caption reads: 'The Abbot was sent by the Tashi Lama to meet the Mission. He was a very...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Aug 1903
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 430/53(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/53(16)
Title:
Chutens [chortens] near Rinchingong. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View showing a group of chortens, with three figures posed in front of the structures. Another copy at Photo 1084/1 (15), in White's 'Tibet and Lhasa' (Calcutta, [c. 1906]).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Dec 1903
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 430/53(51)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/53(51)
Title:
Lamas on terrace at Debung [Drepung]. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Portrait of a large group of monks, posed on the terrace of Drepung Monastery, with the river valley and mountains beyond. Another copy at Photo 1084/2 (11), in White's 'Tibet and Lhasa' (Calcutta, [c. 1906]), where the caption reads: 'This photograph was taken on th...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Sep 1904
Extent:
1 item

6. 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

7. 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

8. Photo 430/53(70)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/53(70)
Title:
Rock carved with Bhuddist [sic] figures [Lhasa]. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the circumabulatory road, festooned with prayer flags and with the rock face on the right carved with Buddha images and other religious motifs. Another copy at Photo 1084/2 (30), in White's 'Tibet and Lhasa' (Calcutta, [c. 1906]), where the captio...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Aug 1904
Extent:
1 item

9. 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

10. 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