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71. Photo 920/1(53)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 920/1(53)
Title:
Starting on the day's march with mapas (Peking carts) from Chinese rest-house at Moji (Yarkand-Khotan road). Photographer: Skrine, Sir Clarmont Percival
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking down onto the courtyard of the resthouse, with carts being prepared for the journey. Reproduced in Clarmont Skrine, 'Chinese Central Asia' (London, 1926, facing p. 246). [Gelatin silver print, 300x229mm]. Subjects = carts; resthouses; road transport;...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1924
Extent:
1 item

72. Photo 920/1(61)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 920/1(61)
Title:
A Kirghiz bridge (Karatash River). Ladies had just been calling on us: the one in front was carrying 3-month old twins. The 'road' goes along the face of the cliff in the background! Photographer: Skrine, Sir Clarmont Percival
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Duplicate of print 60. [Gelatin silver print, 295x216mm]. Subjects = bridges; river scenes; Skrine Collection Location = China; Karatash River; Karatash Valley; Khanterek; Xinjiang
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1923
Extent:
1 item

73. 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

74. 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

75. 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

76. 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

77. 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

78. 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

79. Photo 920/1(30)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 920/1(30)
Title:
Shiwakte I (N. peak), 19,000 ft. Shiwakte Range (short-focus view from 15,500 ft up W. side of Kaying Jilga). Photographer: Skrine, Sir Clarmont Percival
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking towards cloud-wreathed peak. [Gelatin silver print, 218x292mm]. Subjects = mountain scenery; Skrine Collection Location = China; Shiwakte Range; Xinjiang
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1922-1924
Extent:
1 item

80. Photo 920/1(47)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 920/1(47)
Title:
Telepanorama of the Kashgar Range and (on the right) the Russian Pamirs from Kashgar, looking S.-S.W. Left centre foreground, the Consulate-General and its gardens. Photographer: Skrine, Sir Clarmont Percival
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Panoramic view in six sections, looking towards the mountains, with Chini Bagh, the British Consulate-General, in the left foreground. Caption note continues: 'Distance of snows, 60-70 miles. Taken between 7.15 and 8 a.m. in May. (Taken with x4 telephot lens at F32,...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1923
Extent:
1 item