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1. Photo 10/17

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 10/17
Title:
Reading Collection: Mount Everest Expedition. Photographer(s): Unknown
Scope & Content:
Loose photogravure prints (overall size of sheets 292x377mm) with neatly pencilled captions beneath each image. The photographs are printed variously in brown and black inks. The collection consists of group photographs of expedition members, climbing scenes and mountain views. Process = Photo...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1924
Extent:
11 items

2. Photo 10/17(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 10/17(11)
Title:
Frescoes in Rongbuk Monastery. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Images of the Buddha and other scenes. [Photogravure, 253x203mm]. Subjects = Buddha images; frescoes; paintings and drawings; Reading Collection; Tibetan art Location = Rongbuk; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1924
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 10/17(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 10/17(7)
Title:
In the trough, East Rongbuk Glacier [Everest Expedition]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Looking along the glacier towards the summit of Everest, with an unidentified figure posed among the ice in the foreground. [Photogravure, 254x203mm]. Subjects = glaciers; landscape features; mountaineering; Reading Collection; sports Location = East Rongbuk Gl...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1924
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 10/17(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 10/17(9)
Title:
Looking westward from 28,100 feet on Mount Everest. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography [Photogravure, 253x203mm]. Subjects = mountaineering; Reading Collection; sports Location = Everest, Mount; Nepal
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1924
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 10/17(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 10/17(5)
Title:
Rope ladder below the ice chimney slopes of the Chang La [Everest Expedition]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Unidentified climbers negotiating the chimney slopes. [Photogravure, 203x254mm]. Subjects = mountaineering; Reading Collection; sports Location = Everest, Mount; Nepal
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1924
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 10/17(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 10/17(8)
Title:
Crevasses in the East Rongbuk Glacier a little way above the trough [Mount Everest Expedition]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the crevasse, with an unidentified climber peering over the edge. [Photogravure, 253x203mm]. Subjects = glaciers; landscape features; mountaineering; Reading Collection; sports Location = East Rongbuk Glacier; Rongbuk Valley; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1924
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 10/17(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 10/17(4)
Title:
Captain Bruce with three porters who established Camp V [Everest Expedition]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Portrait taken at Camp VI, with Bruce seated and the three porters standing behind him. [Photogravure, 253x203mm]. Subjects = mountaineering; Reading Collection; sports Location = Everest, Mount; Nepal
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1924
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 10/17(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 10/17(10)
Title:
Memorial [cairn] erected at the Base Camp, Rongbuk Valley, to those who died on the three [Mount Everest] expeditions. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View of cairn of stones, with Everest in the distance in the background. [Photogravure254x203mm]. Subjects = monuments and memorials; mountaineering; Reading Collection; sports Location = Rongbuk Valley; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1924
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 10/17(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 10/17(6)
Title:
Colonel Norton approaching the highest point of his climb at 28,200 feet [Everest Expedition]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events [Photogravure, 205x253mm]. Subjects = mountaineering; Reading Collection; sports Location = Everest, Mount; Nepal
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1924
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 10/17(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 10/17(3)
Title:
Colonel Norton and Dr Somervell and three porters who established Camp VI [Everest Expedition]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Portrait taken at Camp VI, with Norton and Somervell seated and the three porters standing behind. [Photogravure, 254x203mm]. Subjects = mountaineering; Reading Collection; sports Location = Everest, Mount; Nepal
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1924
Extent:
1 item