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Photo 1084, 2(23)
- Record Id:
- 040-003299862
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003299839
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028276000.0x000a79
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 1084, 2(23)
- Title:
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The entrance to Lhasa. Photographer: White, John Claude
- Scope & Content:
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Genre: Urban Topographical Photography
View looking past a chorten or stupa through which the road passes, towards the Potala Palace rising beyond: 'Through this Chorten, Colonel Younghusband and escort marched on the 4th August, 1904, when European troops for the first time in history entered the city of Lhasa. Just inside the Chorten one finds oneself right at the foot of the Po-ta-la.' Another copy (printed in platinum) at Photo 430/53 (63).
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003299839
040-003299862 - Is part of:
- Photo 1084, 2 : Tibet and Lhasa. Photographed by J. C. White, Esq., C.I.E. [Vol. 2 of 2]. Photographer(s): White, John Claude
Photo 1084, 2(23) : The entrance to Lhasa. Photographer: White, John Claude - Hierarchy:
- 032-003299839[0023]/040-003299862
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 1084, 2
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Techniques:
- Carbon Print
Photograph
Photographic Print - Start Date:
- 1904
- End Date:
- 1904
- Date Range:
- 1904
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Appointment required to view these records. Please consult Asian and African Studies Print Room staff.
- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 182 mm x 312 mm
Format: Printed Book
Secondary Support: Paper
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- White, John Claude, 1853-1918
- Subjects:
- Architectural Types
Architecture
Chortens
Dwellings
Military Campaigns and Battles
Palaces
Potala (Lhasa)
Religious Buildings
Younghusband Mission, Tibet (1903-1904) - Places:
- Lhasa, Tibet, Xizang, China, Asia