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Subject Sera Monastery (near Lhasa)

1. Photo 430/53(59)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/53(59)
Title:
Sera Monastery. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view, looking across the valley towards the monastery and hillside rising behind. Another copy at Photo 1084/2 (19), in White's 'Tibet and Lhasa' (Calcutta, [c. 1906]), where the caption reads: 'This is another large monastery outside Lhasa, similar to, ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Sep 1904
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 430/53(60)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/53(60)
Title:
In Sera Monastery. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of monastery buildings, with mountainside rising behind. Another copy at Photo 1084/2 (20), in White's 'Tibet and Lhasa' (Calcutta, [c. 1906]).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Sep 1904
Extent:
1 item

3. 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

4. Photo 1084, 2(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1084, 2(19)
Title:
Sera Monastery. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking across the valley towards the monastery buildings, with the mountainside rising beyond: 'This is another large monastery outside Lhasa, similar to, but smaller than Dre-Pung. It contains about 5,000 Monks.' Another copy (printed in platinum) at Phot...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1904
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 1084, 2(20)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1084, 2(20)
Title:
Street scene in Sera Monastery. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of monastery buildings, with mountainside rising behind. Another copy (printed in platinum) at Photo 430/53 (60).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1904
Extent:
1 item