The Regent [Lhasa]. Photographer: White, John Claude
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Genre: Portrait Photography Three-quarter length seated portrait: 'Ti Rimpochi, of Galdan Monastery, who has risen from the lowest ranks of the priesthood to be the most learned and revered Doctor of Divinity throughout Tibet, and who now, by virtue of a decree of the Chinese Emperor, is acting...
The Chinese Amban [Lhasa]. Photographer: White, John Claude
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Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length portrait, seated on horseback, with attendants gathered around him. Another copy (printed in platinum) at Photo 430/53 (85).
The Do-rings at Gyantse. Servants standing behind. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Portrait Photography Seated portrait of Do-ring Ku-sho and his wife, with servants standing behind. The Do-ring family had for generations served as civil administartors to the Tibetan government, but the figure seen here had been dismissed and exiled from Lhasa for alleged complicity in...