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11. Photo 976(32)

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Photo 976(32)
Title:
The Bridge at Islamabad [Anantnag], Cashmere. Photographer: Clarke, Melville
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View along the river towards the bridge, with boats moored along the bank on the left. Caption note continues: 'Ascending the Jhelum, near its source, this bridge is met with; above this the river is not navigable. On reaching this point, travellers entering Cashmer...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1861
Extent:
1 item

12. Photo 976(19)

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Photo 976(19)
Title:
Lama Yurru, from the west. Photographer: Clarke, Melville
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography General view of ridge. Caption note continues: 'Showing the remarkable manner of perching the houses on the projections of the rocks. On the roofs of the monastery appear the sacred band of musicians, ready to give forth those discordant notes which form part of the...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1861
Extent:
1 item

13. Photo 976(36)

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Photo 976(36)
Title:
An old imperial Caravanserai, at Saidabad, Cashmere. Photographer: Clarke, Melville
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Distant view of ruins of main caravanserai building, with a lone archway standing in the left foreground. Poor quality print. Caption note continues: 'These serais were erected under the Imperial Dynasty, at intervals of ten miles along the road into Cashmere. They ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1861
Extent:
1 item

14. Photo 976(10)

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Photo 976(10)
Title:
The Bara Lacha Pass, No. I. Photographer: Clarke, Melville
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography General view across the pass, looking towards mountains. Caption note continues: 'This pass is 17,500 feet above the sea-level, and covered with perpetual snow. The rarification of the atmosphere at this elevation is very distressing, both to Natives and Europeans. ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1861
Extent:
1 item

15. Photo 976(14)

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Photo 976(14)
Title:
A Chogten, or Relic-house at Geya. Photographer: Clarke, Melville
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of chorten or stupa, but a very contrasty print. Caption note continues: 'Throughout Ladac these erections are continually met with, they contain the ashes of the Lamas, the Buddhist priests, and other relics consecrated by superstition.' Subjects =...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1861
Extent:
1 item

16. Photo 976(24)

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Photo 976(24)
Title:
The Pundit's House, Sreenuggur. Photographer: Clarke, Melville
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking across the Jhelum towards the wooden house, with balconies overlooking the river. Caption note continues: 'This lovely spot, the residence of the Maharajah's favorite priest, is familiar to every visitor of Sreenuggur. It is situated above the first...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1861
Extent:
1 item

17. Photo 976(7)

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Photo 976(7)
Title:
A Jhoola, or rope bridge at Largee, in Kooloo. Photographer: Clarke, Melville
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography A negative print, showing a figure being winched across the river. Caption note continues: 'The Jhoola, common in the hills, is formed of ropes loosely suspended from bank to bank, attached at both ends to trees or rocks. The piers of a Saungur, which has been carri...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1861
Extent:
1 item

18. Photo 976(8)

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Photo 976(8)
Title:
A Sugzum or twig bridge at Kokesur, in Lahoul. Photographer: Clarke, Melville
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking towards bridge, with rocky hillside on far bank. A rather contrasty print. Caption note continues: 'The Sugzum is formed of cables of twisted birchen twigs fastened together, two for the flooring, and one for either side, and supported at the ends by pi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1861
Extent:
1 item

19. Photo 976(3)

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Photo 976(3)
Title:
Kotegoor [Kotgarh]. Fifty miles in the interior from Simla, approaching Kooloo. Photographer: Clarke, Melville
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View of houses on hillside, with cultivated fields in foreground. Kotgarh stands north-east of Simla on a spur of the Hatu Range overlooking the Sutlej. Subjects = agriculture; Clarke, M., 'From Simla through Ladac and Cashmere' (1862); crops Location = Himachal...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1861
Extent:
1 item

20. Photo 976(20)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 976(20)
Title:
An image carved in the rock, near Wukka, Ladac. Photographer: Clarke, Melville
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View from a slightly higher position, looking down onto the rock-cut sculpture, with three figures (?one European) standing near its base. Printed from a broken negative. Caption note continues: 'The colossal figure of the four-armed goddess Moolva here represented,...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1861
Extent:
1 item