Hard-coded id of currently selected item: . JSON version of its record is available from Blacklight on e.g. ??
Metadata associated with selected item should appear here...
Photo 364/8(42)
- Record Id:
- 041-003069299
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003068801
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100025720789.0x0001f3
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 364/8(42)
- Title:
-
A main road in Yunnan. Photographer: Zetland, 2nd Marquess of
- Scope & Content:
-
Genre: Landscape Photography
Road of uneven and massive boulders, with armed guards posted at side of highway. Reproduced in Earl of Ronaldshay, 'A Wandering Student in the Far East' (2 vols, Blackwood, Edinburgh and London, 1908), vol. 1, p. 222: 'I suppose the road, which, be it remembered, is the main line of communication across the province from the capital to the frontier of the empire, is the execrable example of a highway which it is possible for the mind of man, with its necessary limitations, to conceive. As a hindrance to traffic it can indeed lay claim to condierable distinction, but this, outside China, would scarcely be voted a desirable recommendation for a road, and as a highway qua highway, it can only be described as a dismal and sorrowful failure. I invariably left it when possible, and took a line across the adjoining hills and fields...'
Subjects = roads and highways; Zetland Collection
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003068801
040-003069257
041-003069299 - Is part of:
- Photo 364 : Zetland Collection: Photographs recording the travels and career of Lawrence John Lumley Dundas, second marquess of Zetland.…
Photo 364/8 : Zetland Collection: Album of views of China and Burma Photographer(s): Zetland, 2nd Marquess of
Photo 364/8(42) : A main road in Yunnan. Photographer: Zetland, 2nd Marquess of - Hierarchy:
- 032-003068801[0009]/040-003069257[0042]/041-003069299
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 364
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Start Date:
- 1907
- End Date:
- 1907
- Date Range:
- Feb 1907
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
Please request the physical items you need using the online collection item request form.
Digitised items can be viewed online by clicking the thumbnail image or digitised content link.
Readers who have registered or renewed their pass since 21 March 2024 can request physical items prior to visiting the Library by completing
this request form.
Please enter the Reference (shelfmark) above on the request form.If your Reader Pass was issued before this date, you will need to visit the Library in London or Yorkshire to renew it before you can request items online. All manuscripts and archives must be consulted at the Library in London.
This catalogue record may describe a collection of items which cannot all be requested together. Please use the hierarchy viewer to navigate to individual items. Some items may be in use or restricted for other reasons. If you would like to check the availability, contact our Reference Services team, quoting the Reference (shelfmark) above.
- User Conditions:
- Appointment Required to view these records. Please consult Asian and African Studies Print Room staff.
- Physical Characteristics:
-
Format: Bound in Volume
Secondary Support: Card
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Known
- Names:
- Zetland, 2nd Marquess of
- Subjects:
- Named Collections
Zetland Collection - Places:
- Yunnan, China, Asia