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1171. Photo 10/17(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 10/17(4)
Title:
Captain Bruce with three porters who established Camp V [Everest Expedition]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Portrait taken at Camp VI, with Bruce seated and the three porters standing behind him. [Photogravure, 253x203mm]. Subjects = mountaineering; Reading Collection; sports Location = Everest, Mount; Nepal
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1924
Extent:
1 item

1172. Photo 10/17(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 10/17(5)
Title:
Rope ladder below the ice chimney slopes of the Chang La [Everest Expedition]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Unidentified climbers negotiating the chimney slopes. [Photogravure, 203x254mm]. Subjects = mountaineering; Reading Collection; sports Location = Everest, Mount; Nepal
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1924
Extent:
1 item

1173. Photo 10/17(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 10/17(6)
Title:
Colonel Norton approaching the highest point of his climb at 28,200 feet [Everest Expedition]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events [Photogravure, 205x253mm]. Subjects = mountaineering; Reading Collection; sports Location = Everest, Mount; Nepal
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1924
Extent:
1 item

1174. Photo 10/17(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 10/17(7)
Title:
In the trough, East Rongbuk Glacier [Everest Expedition]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Looking along the glacier towards the summit of Everest, with an unidentified figure posed among the ice in the foreground. [Photogravure, 254x203mm]. Subjects = glaciers; landscape features; mountaineering; Reading Collection; sports Location = East Rongbuk Gl...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1924
Extent:
1 item

1175. Photo 10/17(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 10/17(8)
Title:
Crevasses in the East Rongbuk Glacier a little way above the trough [Mount Everest Expedition]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the crevasse, with an unidentified climber peering over the edge. [Photogravure, 253x203mm]. Subjects = glaciers; landscape features; mountaineering; Reading Collection; sports Location = East Rongbuk Glacier; Rongbuk Valley; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1924
Extent:
1 item

1176. Photo 10/17(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 10/17(9)
Title:
Looking westward from 28,100 feet on Mount Everest. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography [Photogravure, 253x203mm]. Subjects = mountaineering; Reading Collection; sports Location = Everest, Mount; Nepal
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1924
Extent:
1 item

1177. Photo 10/17(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 10/17(10)
Title:
Memorial [cairn] erected at the Base Camp, Rongbuk Valley, to those who died on the three [Mount Everest] expeditions. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View of cairn of stones, with Everest in the distance in the background. [Photogravure254x203mm]. Subjects = monuments and memorials; mountaineering; Reading Collection; sports Location = Rongbuk Valley; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1924
Extent:
1 item

1178. Photo 10/17(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 10/17(11)
Title:
Frescoes in Rongbuk Monastery. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Images of the Buddha and other scenes. [Photogravure, 253x203mm]. Subjects = Buddha images; frescoes; paintings and drawings; Reading Collection; Tibetan art Location = Rongbuk; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1924
Extent:
1 item

1179. Photo 10/18

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 10/18
Title:
Reading Collection: 'Junagad State'.
Scope & Content:
Full-leather album, 370x490mm, containing mounted prints with numbered letterpress captions. Pages are interleaved with tissue. The title is stamped in gold on the front cover along with the Junagarh State coat of arms and a label which reads: 'Photographs by Solankee Studio, Rajkot'. Many of th...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s-c1920
Extent:
100 items

1180. Photo 10/18(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 10/18(1)
Title:
[Portrait of] His Highness Mahabatkhanji III, Nawab Saheb, Junagadh. Photographer: Solankee Studio
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Subjects = Indian rulers; Reading Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 item