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Photo 1043(14)
- Record Id:
- 040-003164891
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003164877
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100026374023.0x00009c
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 1043(14)
- Title:
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Old Tibetan fortifications used against British troops in 1904 [below Karo La]. Photographer: Spencer-Chapman, Frederick
- Scope & Content:
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Genre: Landscape Photography
Dry stone wall in foreground, looking along valley towards mountains. 'An easy descent of 900 feet [from the Karo La] in some 4 miles brought us to our camping ground of Dza-ra, where there are a few Tibetan huts. A mile or two below the pass were the remains of old Tibetan fortifications last used in a fight with our troops in 1904. They formerly comprised a continuous loopholed wall right across the valley from one precipice to another, but it is now raized to the ground and only the trace is visible.' (Lhasa Mission Diary, 18 August 1936).
[Gelatin silver print, 141x92mm].
Subjects = diplomatic missions
Location = Karo La; Tibet
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003164877
040-003164891 - Is part of:
- Photo 1043 : Photographs Taken by the Lhasa Mission 1936-7. Photographer(s): Neame, Philip
Photo 1043(14) : Old Tibetan fortifications used against British troops in 1904 [below Karo La]. Photographer: Spencer-Chapman, Frederick - Hierarchy:
- 032-003164877[0014]/040-003164891
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 1043
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Start Date:
- 1936
- End Date:
- 1936
- Date Range:
- 18 Aug 1936
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Former External References:
- D14
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Known
- Names:
- Spencer-Chapman, Frederick, Lieutenant-Colonel, 1907-1971