Subject: Religion - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1148(63)
Title:: A gay Shinto procession carrying sacred objects — E. towards Museum, Kyoto, Japan. Photographer: Underwood and Underwood
Scope & Content:: Genre: Urban Topographical Photography Stereoscopic view.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1900
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1148(85)
Title:: Impressive funeral procession of a rich Buddhist (looking N.E.), Osaka, Japan. Photographer: Underwood and Underwood
Scope & Content:: Stereoscopic view.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1900
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1151
Title:: Photographs of Tibet. Photographer: Eva Siao
Scope & Content:: Collection of 46 loose gelatin silver prints of people and places in Tibet, taken by the photo-journalist and filmaker Eva Siao (1911-2001), during a visit to Tibet in 1956. The collection also includes a 15 pp. xerox copy of an autobiographical memoir by Siao, entitled China—My dream—My reality.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1956
Extent:: 46 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1151(1)
Title:: Dhalai Lama, Tibet, 1956. Photographer: Eva Siao
Scope & Content:: Half-length portrait of the Dalai Lama, probably taken in Lhasa. With photographer's wetstamp, 'Photo Eva Siao Peking' on reverse.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1956
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1151(2)
Title:: Dhalai Lama, Tibet, 1956. Photographer: Eva Siao
Scope & Content:: Full-face portrait, head only, of the Dalai Lama, probably taken in Lhasa. With photographer's wetstamp, 'Photo Eva Siao Peking' on reverse.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1956
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1161(83)
Title:: Iapanische Priester. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:: Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Studio portrait of a Japanese Shinto priest, seated with attendants against a painted backdrop of mountain scenery.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1880
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1161(124)
Title:: Iapanischer Priester. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:: Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Full-length seated studio portrait of a Shinto priest, wearing robes of office. Probably photographed at Nagasaki.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1880
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1164(36)
Title:: [Priests.] Photographer: Tamamura, Kohzaburo
Scope & Content:: Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Portrait of two seated Shinto priests, a seated woman and two standing women. The group is arranged in an open space in front of a row of stone lanterns, with musical instruments and other objects.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1880s-1890s
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1166/2(48)
Title:: Mohomedans at mid-day prayer. Photographer: Holmes, William (James) Dacia
Scope & Content:: Inscription: Captioned as above and signed 'Holmes' in the negative. Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards the prayer hall of an unidentified mosque (possibly at Peshawar?), the court in the foreground crowded with figures kneeling in prayer.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1900s
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1166/2(49)
Title:: [Mid-day prayers at an unidentified mosque, Pakistan.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography View from an elevated position looking towards the prayer hall of an unidentified mosque, the court in the foreground crowded with men during a service. A pencilled note on the reverse suggests Peshawar as a possible location.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1900
Extent:: 1 item

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