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Photo 1083/13

Record Id:: 040-003191061
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:: 032-003190698
MDARK:: ark:/81055/vdc_100026599876.0x0003bb
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Format:: ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1083/13
Title:: Bailey Collection: 'Tibet 1903-4. F.M.B. [volume] II.' Photographer(s): Bailey, Frederick Marshman
Scope & Content:: Red half-leather bound album measuring 360x275mm, containing snapshots mostly mounted four to a page, with captions written in pencil beneath. Title as above stamped in gilt on front cover. The album binding is somewhat fragile, with cloth on the sides lifting and spine weak. Prints 1-18 of this numerical sequence are in Photo 1083/12. The album continues the documentation of the Younghusband Mission to Tibet from Photo 1083/12 and covers the period from the end of January 1904 (at Phari) up to the crossing of the Tsang-Po (Brahmaputra) at Chaksam on 25 July. It includes the battle at Guru on 31 March 1904, when over 600 Tibetans were killed, road making across the Tang La, scenes at the mission headquarters at Tuna, the actions at Samada on 6 April and at the Zamtung Gorge on 10 April and the entry into Gyangtse on 11 April and negotiations there with Chinese commissioners.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Hierarchy Record Ids:: 032-003190698
040-003191061
Is part of:: Photo 1083 : Bailey Collection: Synopsis.

Photo 1083/13 : Bailey Collection: 'Tibet 1903-4. F.M.B. [volume] II.' Photographer(s): Bailey, Frederick Marshman
Contains:: Photo 1083/13(1) : Phari Jong. The 8th Gurkhas with their gun, 7lbr muzzle-loading mountain gun. Photographer: Bailey, Frederick Marshman
Photo 1083/13(2) : Phari Jong. The 8th Gurkhas with their gun, 7lbr muzzle-loading mountain gun. Photographer: Bailey, Frederick Marshman
Photo 1083/13(3) : NO PRINT.
Photo 1083/13(4) : Phari Jong from the village. Photographer: Bailey, Frederick Marshman
Photo 1083/13(5) : Capt. Ottley, buying ponies in Phari village. Photographer: Bailey, Frederick Marshman
Photo 1083/13(6) : At Phari Jong. Capt Bethune (32nd) and Lt. Croslegh (23rd) outside the officers' room. Photographer: Bailey, Frederick Marshman
Photo 1083/13(7) : At Phari Jong. A Tibetan beggar turning a prayer wheel and holding a rosary. He passes a bead of the latter for each time he…
Photo 1083/13(8) : At Phari Jong. 'Gin' [Bailey's dog]. Photographer: Bailey, Frederick Marshman
Photo 1083/13(9) : [Unidentified officer posing for camera, Phari.] Photographer: Bailey, Frederick Marshman
Photo 1083/13(9a) : Group at Khambajong - Chinaman, Tibetan, Sikh, Gurkha, Punjabi and several Sikkim races (by O.Connor). Photographer:…
Photo 1083/13(9b) : Khamba Jong (by O'Connor). Photographer: O'Connor, (William) Frederick (Travers)
Photo 1083/13(9c) : Nuns at Tatsang (by O'Connor). Photographer: O'Connor, (William) Frederick (Travers)
Photo 1083/13(9d) : Chinese soldiers, mounted (by O'Connor) [Khamba Dzong]. Photographer: O'Connor, (William) Frederick (Travers)
Photo 1083/13(9e) : Mr Ho, in his chair, carried by Chinese; Tibetans hold ropes attached to it, as a sign of servility (by O'Connor) [Khamba…
Photo 1083/13(10) : Mounted Infantry and M.I. signallers, on the Tang La, signalling to Phari. Photographer: Bailey, Frederick Marshman
Photo 1083/13(11) : Dog and goa [Tang La]. Photographer: Bailey, Frederick Marshman
Photo 1083/13(12) : Tobogganing near Phari. Photographer: Bailey, Frederick Marshman
Photo 1083/13(13) : Tobogganing near Phari. Photographer: Bailey, Frederick Marshman
Photo 1083/13(14) : Tobogganing near Phari. Photographer: Bailey, Frederick Marshman
Photo 1083/13(15) : Tobogganing near Phari. Photographer: Bailey, Frederick Marshman
Photo 1083/13(16) : Looking towards Phari from the Tang La. Photographer: Bailey, Frederick Marshman
Photo 1083/13(17) : Phari Fort. Pauhunri (23,190 ft) in the distance. Cholhamo Lake is at the foot of Pauhunri. Photographer: Bailey,…
Photo 1083/13(18) : Tibetan with loaded mule [?near Phari], Chumolhari (24,100 ft.) in the distance. Photographer: Bailey, Frederick Marshman
Photo 1083/13(19) : Phari Jong and village, 14,500 ft. Photographer: Bailey, Frederick Marshman
Photo 1083/13(20) : Phari Jong and village, 14,500 ft. Photographer: Bailey, Frederick Marshman
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Start Date:: 1904
End Date:: 1904
Date Range:: 1904
Era:: CE
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Physical Characteristics:: Dimensions: 140 mm x 80 mm
Source of Acquisition:: Collection originally placed on permanent loan by Mrs Irma Bailey, wife of Lieutenant-Colonel F.M. Bailey, and bequeathed to India Office Library and Records on her death in 1988.
Material Type:: Photographs
Legal Status:: Not Known
Names:: Bailey, Frederick Marshman, army officer, explorer and naturalist, 1882-1967