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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 430 Subject Rivers

1. Photo 430/5(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/5(6)
Title:
Adam's Peak (7352 feet) and tea [or coffee?] plantations. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Distant view of Adam's Peak from the Maskeliya Valley, with the river and the Laxapana ferry in foreground. On the far bank of the river is land newly cleared and planted out with coffee, with a bungalow in the distance. See also Photo 475 (71), for a smaller format...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 430/53(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/53(1)
Title:
The Teesta River [Sikkim]. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography General river scene. Another copy at Photo 1084/1 (1), in White's 'Tibet and Lhasa' (Calcutta, [c. 1906]), where the caption reads: 'This stream takes its rise from a glacier in Sikhim and flows down to the plains of Bengal...For over fifty miles, from Sevoke to Gan...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Jun 1902
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 430/53(15)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/53(15)
Title:
Amochu river from Rinchingong. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the river towards a bridge. Another copy at Photo 1084/1 (14), in White's 'Tibet and Lhasa' (Calcutta, [c. 1906]), where the caption reads: 'This river flows down from Tibet through Chumbi and Bhutan to the plains of Bengal, and comes out near Mad...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Dec 1903
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 430/53(18)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/53(18)
Title:
Bridge below Phema. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the river towards the bridge. Another copy at Photo 1084/1 (17), in White's 'Tibet and Lhasa' (Calcutta, [c. 1906]), where the caption reads: 'This is a view of a cantilever bridge over the Mo-chu, where one reaches the valley a few miles before a...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Dec 1903
Extent:
1 item

5. 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

6. Photo 430/53(37)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/53(37)
Title:
The Tsang Po Valley. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography General view looking down along the river valley and over the surrounding mountains. Another copy at Photo 1084/1 (35), in White's 'Tibet and Lhasa' (Calcutta, [c. 1906]).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Jul 1904
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 430/53(38)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/53(38)
Title:
The Tsang Po Valley. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography A three-part panoramic view along the Tsangpo valley and over surrounding mountain ranges. Another copy at Photo 1084/1 (36), in White's 'Tibet and Lhasa' (Calcutta, [c. 1906]).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Jul 1904
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 430/53(39)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/53(39)
Title:
View west of Chaksam [ferry]. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the river, with members of the Younghusband Mission force at the water's edge. Another copy at Photo 1084/1 (37), in White's 'Tibet and Lhasa' (Calcutta, [c. 1906]), where the caption reads: 'The two following views show the point of embarkation a...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Jul 1904
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 430/53(40)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/53(40)
Title:
[View west of Chaksam ferry.] Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the river, with chortens (stupas) beside the road running along the bank in the right foreground. Another copy at Photo 1084/1 (38), in White's 'Tibet and Lhasa' (Calcutta, [c. 1906]).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Jul 1904
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 430/53(41)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/53(41)
Title:
[View of Chaksam ferry.] Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View of buildings at the crossing point, with the old iron chains across the river visible on the left. Another copy at Photo 1084/2 (1), in White's 'Tibet and Lhasa' (Calcutta, 1906), where the caption reads: 'The three following photographs show the old, disused i...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Jul 1904
Extent:
1 item