View looking south [Chaksam]. Photographer: White, John Claude
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Genre: Landscape Photography Close view of the iron chains of the old iron bridge, secured to the river bank. Another copy at Photo 1084/2 (3), in White's 'Tibet and Lhasa' (Calcutta, [c. 1906]).
Road along Kyi Chu. Photographer: White, John Claude
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Genre: Landscape Photography View across the valley towards the river and mountains beyond. Another copy at Photo 1084/2 (4), in White's 'Tibet and Lhasa' (Calcutta, [c. 1906]), where the caption reads: 'The Kyi-chu river flows into the Tsang-Po about six miles below Chak-Zam, and here the forc...
Road along Kyi Chu. Photographer: White, John Claude
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Genre: Landscape Photography View on the Kyi Chu [Gyi Qu] river, en route to Lhasa, with the raised roadway visible in the distance. Another copy at Photo 1084/2 (5), in White's 'Tibet and Lhasa' (Calcutta, [c. 1906]).
Road along Kyi Chu. Photographer: White, John Claude
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Genre: Landscape Photography View showing troops on the narrow roadway running the base of the cliffs at the water's edge. Another copy at Photo 1084/2 (6), in White's 'Tibet and Lhasa' (Calcutta, [c. 1906]).
Road along Kyi Chu. Photographer: White, John Claude
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Genre: Landscape Photography View showing the road running along the base of the cliffs at the water's edge. Another copy at Photo 1084/2 (7), in White's 'Tibet and Lhasa' (Calcutta, [c. 1906]).
Genre: Architectural Photography View of the Tibetan fort on the hillside and the houses of the village below. Another copy at Photo 1084/2 (8), in White's 'Tibet and Lhasa' (Calcutta, [c. 1906]), where the caption reads: 'A dismantled Jong overlooking the track about six miles out of Lhasa'.
Troilung [Tolung] Bridge [near Lhasa]. Photographer: White, John Claude
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Genre: Architectural Photography View looking along the river towards the covered bridge, with mountains beyond. Another copy at Photo 1084/2 (9), in White's 'Tibet and Lhasa' (Calcutta, [c. 1906]).
Debung [Drepung] Monastery. Photographer: White, John Claude
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Genre: Architectural Photography View looking across the valley towards Drepung Monastery, situated on hillside north-west of Lhasa. Another copy at Photo 1084/2 (10), in White's 'Tibet and Lhasa' (Calcutta, [c. 1906]), where the caption reads in part: 'This vast building, the largest and riche...
Lamas on terrace at Debung [Drepung]. Photographer: White, John Claude
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Genre: Portrait Photography Portrait of a large group of monks, posed on the terrace of Drepung Monastery, with the river valley and mountains beyond. Another copy at Photo 1084/2 (11), in White's 'Tibet and Lhasa' (Calcutta, [c. 1906]), where the caption reads: 'This photograph was taken on th...
Image in Debung [Drepung] Monastery. Photographer: White, John Claude
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Genre: Architectural Photography Detail of a large carved seated Buddha image. Another copy at Photo 1084/2 (12), in White's 'Tibet and Lhasa' (Calcutta, [c. 1906]), where the caption reads: 'The appearance of the image in the photograph suggests greater magnificance than really appertains to i...