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1. Photo 430/53

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/53
Title:
Curzon Collection: 'Tibet'. Photographer(s): White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Half-leather and green buckram album, measuring 373x460mm, stamped 'Tibet' in gilt on upper board and containing 89 mounted platinum prints with handwritten captions. The photographs were taken by White during three missions between 1902 and 1904, in which representatives of the Government of In...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1902-1904
Extent:
89 items

2. Photo 430/53(17)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/53(17)
Title:
Phema. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View of the road and houses at Phema. Another copy at Photo 1084/1 (16), in White's 'Tibet and Lhasa' (Calcutta, [c. 1906]), where the caption reads: 'A village on the Mo-chu, from where a bullock transport worked to Chumbi. This is a typical village of these valley...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Dec 1903
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 430/53(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/53(12)
Title:
Chongu [Chhangu]. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View of a mountain lake, with buildings in the foreground. Another copy at Photo 1084/1 (11), in White's 'Tibet and Lhasa' (Calcutta, [c. 1906]), where the caption reads: 'This small but beautiful lake is only twenty miles from Gang-tok, the Capital of Sikhim. It li...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Dec 1903
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 430/53(67)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/53(67)
Title:
Doring [Lhasa]. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of the stone monument, set inside a brick niche. Another copy at Photo 1084/2 (27), in White's 'Tibet and Lhasa' (Calcutta, [c. 1906]), where the caption reads: 'A "Do-ring", or monument, outside the Jowo Khang'.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Aug 1904
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 430/53(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/53(2)
Title:
The source of the Teesta [Sikkim]. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Another copy at Photo 1084/1 (2), in White's 'Tibet and Lhasa' (Calcutta, [c. 1906]), where the caption reads: 'This glacier, named the Phu-chung-phu glacier, is situated to the south of the Clolamo Lakes in the north of Sikhim, and is one of the most beautiful glac...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Jun 1902
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 430/53(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/53(3)
Title:
A glacial lake [Sikkim]. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View across the lake towards ice hummocks, with a figure posed in the foreground. Another copy at Photo 1084/1 (3), in White's 'Tibet and Lhasa' (Calcutta, [c. 1906]), where the caption reads: 'This lake is in the middle of a glacier coming down from the mountains t...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Jun 1902
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 430/53(18)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/53(18)
Title:
Bridge below Phema. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the river towards the bridge. Another copy at Photo 1084/1 (17), in White's 'Tibet and Lhasa' (Calcutta, [c. 1906]), where the caption reads: 'This is a view of a cantilever bridge over the Mo-chu, where one reaches the valley a few miles before a...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Dec 1903
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 430/53(25)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/53(25)
Title:
Gurkha Post [Gyantse]. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the square single storey building, much marked by shells. Another copy at Photo 1084/1 (24), in White's 'Tibet and Lhasa' (Calcutta, [c. 1906]), where the caption reads: 'This was an outpost to the house in which the Mission and escort lived, and...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Jul 1904
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 430/53(27)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/53(27)
Title:
Nishi Kang Sang. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View across the valley towards the snow-capped peak. Another copy at Photo 1084/1 (26), in White's 'Tibet and Lhasa' (Calcutta, [c. 1906]), where the caption reads: 'A view of the Mountain and Glacier'.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Jul 1904
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 430/53(48)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/53(48)
Title:
Shing Dong Ka. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of the Tibetan fort on the hillside and the houses of the village below. Another copy at Photo 1084/2 (8), in White's 'Tibet and Lhasa' (Calcutta, [c. 1906]), where the caption reads: 'A dismantled Jong overlooking the track about six miles out of Lhasa'.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Aug 1904
Extent:
1 item