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Photo 1190/1(19)
- Record Id:
- 041-003184775
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003184755
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100026599955.0x000432
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 1190/1(19)
- Title:
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Sacred monastery, Wutai, Shansi. Photographer: William Purdom
- Scope & Content:
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Modern contact print from original glass negative (for which, see Neg 1190/1 (19)). View from an elevated position, looking across the rooftops to a white chorten (stupa). With additional note pencilled on negative envelope: White chorton, i.e. ward of [sic] evil influence sometimes contains ashes of living Buddha. Another copy of this photograph can be found in the Purdom Paers at the Arnold Arboretum at Harvard University (call number 2758), there dated September 1909.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003184755
040-003184756
041-003184775 - Is part of:
- Photo 1190 : William Purdom Collection: Views in China. Photographer(s): William Purdom.
Photo 1190/1 : William Purdom Collection: Views in China. Photographer: William Purdom.
Photo 1190/1(19) : Sacred monastery, Wutai, Shansi. Photographer: William Purdom - Hierarchy:
- 032-003184755[0001]/040-003184756[0019]/041-003184775
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 1190
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Techniques:
- Gelatin Silver Print
Photograph
Photographic Print - Start Date:
- 1909
- End Date:
- 1909
- Date Range:
- Sep 1909
- 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: 160 mm x 115 mm
Format: Loose
Secondary Support: None
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Known
- Names:
- Purdom, William, 1880-1921
- Subjects:
- Architectural Types
Architecture
Buddhist Monasteries
Chortens
Monasteries
Religious Buildings
Settlements
Stupas
Villages - Places:
- East Asia, Asia
- Related Material:
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Original negative held