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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 920

111. Photo 920/1(109)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 920/1(109)
Title:
'Yar' or cliff at Yotkan (ancient capital of the Kingdom of Khotan) showing stratum of bones and pottery, here 2½ ft. thick. Photographer: Skrine, Sir Clarmont Percival
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking along wall, with exposed stratum at base. [Gelatin silver print, 134x83mm]. Subjects = archaeological sites; Skrine Collection Location = China; Xinjiang; Yotkan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1922-1924
Extent:
1 item

112. Photo 920/1(110)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 920/1(110)
Title:
The stratum of bones, pottery, 15ft. below ground level that was laid bare 2 years ago at Yotkan, near Khotan. Photographer: Skrine, Sir Clarmont Percival
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of stratum (see print 109), with a man standing beside the wall to indicate scale. [Gelatin silver print, 134x83mm]. Subjects = archaeological sites; Skrine Collection Location = China; Xinjiang; Yotkan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1922-1924
Extent:
1 item

113. Photo 920/1(111)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 920/1(111)
Title:
This is not a scene on the moon, but an overprinted 'Velox' telephoto of a glacier and the peaks at its head in the mountains which divide the Kaying from Chingan Valley. July '23. Photographer: Skrine, Sir Clarmont Percival
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography [Gelatin silver print, 128x78mm]. Subjects = glaciers; landscape features; mountain scenery; Skrine Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jul 1923
Extent:
1 item

114. Photo 920/1(112)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 920/1(112)
Title:
Mountains at head of Tigarmansa Jilga, with Kungan 7 miles away to right, behind. Taken from rock in similar snow-cornice to that in foregound, 15,600 ft. 'Shiwakte 2' (about 22,000 ft., discovered by me) left foreground. Photographer: Skrine, Sir Clarmont Percival
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography [Sepia-toned print, 131x78mm]. Subjects = mountain scenery; Skrine Collection Location = China; Shiwakte Range; Xinjiang
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1923
Extent:
1 item

115. Photo 920/1(113)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 920/1(113)
Title:
Argalistan Pass, head of Kaying Jilga, and Shiwakte 2 (22,000 ft., seen for first time by me) from point 14,500 ft.up on S. side of Cathedral Spires ridge. Photographer: Skrine, Sir Clarmont Percival
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking towards head of pass. [Sepia-toned print, 83x132mm]. Subjects = mountain scenery; Skrine Collection Location = Arghalistan Pass; China; Shiwakte Range; Xinjiang
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1923
Extent:
1 item

116. Photo 920/1(114)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 920/1(114)
Title:
The Shiwakte Range (on right) from the N. (end on). Taken from 15,600 ft. on knife-edge ridge above our camp at Kaying. Photographer: Skrine, Sir Clarmont Percival
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography [Sepia-toned print, 132x82mm]. Subjects = mountain scenery; Skrine Collection Location = China; Shiwakte Range; Xinjiang
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1923
Extent:
1 item

117. Photo 920/1(115)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 920/1(115)
Title:
From 5,500 ft. above our camp at Kaying Bashi looking S. towards 'Cathedral Spires' (left centre) and some of the glacier discovered by us. 'Shiwakte 3' in middle (17,000 ft.). Photographer: Skrine, Sir Clarmont Percival
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography [Sepia-toned print, 127x80mm]. Subjects = glaciers; landscape features; mountain scenery; Skrine Collection Location = China; Shiwakte Range; Xinjiang
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1923
Extent:
1 item

118. Photo 920/1(116)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 920/1(116)
Title:
[Prints 116-201: Miscellaneous views of Srinagar, Kashgar and Turkestan.] Photographer: Skrine, Sir Clarmont Percival
Scope & Content:
Collection of modern prints made by Skrine from negatives taken in the 1920s. The material is unsorted, but includes a rough list of captions by Skrine. A number of the photographs are duplicates of prints in the main collection, as well as several of the illustrations used in Skrine's 'Chinese ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1920s
Extent:
1 item

119. Photo 920/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 920/2
Title:
Sir Clarmont Percival Skrine Collection: Views of Sarhad (Persian Baluchistan), Meshed and Tehran. Photographer(s): Skrine, Sir Clarmont Percival
Scope & Content:
Collection of 43 loose prints relating to Skrine's service in Baluchistan, Meshed and Tehran between 1921 and 1948.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1921-1948
Extent:
43 items

120. Photo 920/2(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 920/2(1)
Title:
Two-humped Central Asian camels at Duzdap [Zahedan], 1920. Photographer: Skrine, Sir Clarmont Percival
Scope & Content:
Camel caravan in the desert. Duplicate at print 2, dated differently. [Gelatin silver print, 295x215mm]. Subjects = animals; camels; caravans; Skrine Collection Location = Iran; Sistan; Zahedan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1920-1921
Extent:
1 item