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221. 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

222. 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

223. Photo 920/1(69)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 920/1(69)
Title:
'How we took the pelican to the wilderness.' Photographer: Skrine, Sir Clarmont Percival
Scope & Content:
Showing the pelican being released at the riverside, with Doris Skrine standing in the background. The incident, in which Skrine was given the inconvenient present of a pelican by Amban of Boghaz Langar, and which then had to be surreptitiously freed, is recounted in his 'Chinese Central Asia' (...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Apr 1924
Extent:
1 item

224. Photo 920/3(79)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 920/3(79)
Title:
The late Maharaja of Kapurthala speaking at his Birthday Banquet, Kapurthala, 1939. Photographer: Kinsey Bros
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events General view of guests, mainly European, seated in the dining room of the Palace, while Maharaja Jagajit Singh makes a speech. [Gelatin silver print, 257x235mm]. Subjects = furniture and furnishings; Indian rulers; interiors; official events; palaces; Skrine Collecti...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1939
Extent:
1 item

225. Photo 920/3(101)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 920/3(101)
Title:
Kamali ('Colonel Barker') and D. [Doris Skrine] at P.A.'s bungalow, Ziarat, '29. Photographer: Skrine, Sir Clarmont Percival
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Informal portrait of Kamali, a Baluchi man known as 'Colonel Barker' standing with Doris Skrine in front of the bungalow. [Gelatin silver print, 145x210mm]. Subjects = Baluchis; dress; ethnic groups; Skrine Collection Location = Balochistan; Pakistan; Ziarat
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1929
Extent:
1 item

226. Photo 920/1(79)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 920/1(79)
Title:
[Group of Turki women, probably at Chini Bagh, Kashgar.] Photographer: Skrine, Sir Clarmont Percival
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Posed group of Turki women, possibly staff at Chini Bagh. [Gelatin silver print, 251x198mm]. Subjects = dress; ethnic groups; Skrine Collection; Turki (ethnic group)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1922-1924
Extent:
1 item

227. Photo 920/5(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 920/5(19)
Title:
[Road leading to the Hathian Pol, Bundi Palace.] Photographer: Skrine, Sir Clarmont Percival
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography The gateway itself is not visible in this print. [Gelatin silver print, 140x203mm]. Subjects = Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Rajput); palaces; Skrine Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1941
Extent:
1 item

228. 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

229. Photo 920/1(18)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 920/1(18)
Title:
Kepek Pass, 15,230 ft., leading from Kaying to the Chimghan Jilgha (from the Kaying side). Photographer: Skrine, Sir Clarmont Percival
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View from the moraine of the Kaying Glacier looking up towards the head of the pass, with a figure (Doris Skrine?) in the foreground. Reproduced in Clarmont Skrine, 'Chinese Central Asia' (London, 1926, facing p. 272). [Gelatin silver print, mounted on card with ty...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1924
Extent:
1 item

230. Photo 920/1(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 920/1(12)
Title:
The Oi Tagh Glacier, Alps of Chakragil. The foot of the 14,000 ft. north precipices of Chakragil can be seen in the background. On the left, the lateral moraine with the tops of trees appearing above it. Photographer: Skrine, Sir Clarmont Percival
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking across the glacier field towards mountains. [Gelatin silver print, mounted on card with typescript caption, 227x298mm]. Subjects = glaciers; landscape features; mountain scenery; Skrine Collection Location = Chakragil; China; Oitagh Glacier; Xinjiang
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1922
Extent:
1 item