Photographic Collections

The Royal Asiatic Society has almost 100 different collections of photographs, containing several thousand images, dating back to the middle of the nineteenth century. The Society’s photographic collections are a valuable source of information about the cultural and physical heritage of many different parts of Asia. But they’re also useful for understanding the history of photography itself. These pages contain a small selection of the Society’s photographic holdings.

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• China Glass Slides
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  • [Glass Slide.01/(001)] Zonghuamen, the first gate to the Imperial City, Beijing
  • [Glass Slide.01/(002)] Building at Temple of Heaven complex
  • [Glass slide.01/(003)] Forbidden City, Beijing
  • [Glass slide.01/(004)] Coal Hill, Imperial City, Peking
  • [Glass slide.01/(005)] Er Dow Men, Great Wall of China
  • [Glass Slide.01/(006)] Palace, Beijing
  • [Glass Slide.01/(007)] Great Wall of China, Badaling
  • [Glass Slide.01/(008)] Qianmen, Beijing
  • [Glass Slide.01/(009a)] Temple of Heaven, Beijing
  • [Glass Slide.01/(009b)] Stone Courtyard, the Temple of Heaven complex
  • [Glass Slide.01/(010)] Huxinting and the Nine Curve Bridge
  • [Glass Slide.01/(011)] Huxinting and the Nine Curve Bridge
  • [Glass Slide.01/(012)] Yu Garden, Shanghai
  • [Glass Slide.01/(013)] Yu Garden, Shanghai
  • [Glass Slide.01/(014)] Former French Concession, Shanghai
  • [Glass Slide.01/(015)] Street Scene, Shanghai
  • [Glass Slide.01/(016)] Fuzhou Road, Shanghai
  • [Glass Slide.01/(017)] Fuzhou Road, Shanghai
  • [Glass Slide.01/(018)] Temple God, Shanghai
  • [Glass Slide.01/(019)] The Bubbling Well, Shanghai
  • [Glass Slide.01/(020)] Former French Concession, Shanghai
  • [Glass Slide.01/(021)] A Port in China
  • [Glass Slide.01/(022)] Zhenhai Tower and city wall, Guangzhou
  • [Glass Slide.01/(023)] Buddhist Monks, China
  • [Glass Slide.01/(024)] Henan Road, Shanghai
  • [Glass Slide.01/(025)] Horse & Cart, China
  • [Glass Slide.01/(026)] Henan Road, Shanghai
  • [Glass Slide.01/(027)] Ming Tombs, Nanjing
  • [Glass Slide.01/(028)] Ming Xiaoling, Nanjing
  • [Glass Slide.01/(029)] Nanjing Road, Shanghai
  • [Glass Slide.01/(030)] Old fort, Mudu, near Suzhou
  • [Glass Slide.01/(031)] Precious Belt Bridge, Suzhou
  • [Glass Slide.01/(032)] Lake Scenery, Suzhou
  • [Glass Slide.01/(033)] Garden, Hangzhou
  • [Glass Slide.01/(034)] Garden, Hangzhou
  • [Glass Slide.01/(035)] Twin pagodas at Luohanyuan Temple, Suzhou
  • [Glass Slide.01/(036)] Garden, Hangzhou
  • [Glass Slide.01/(037)] Circular Mound Altar, Temple of Heaven complex, Beijing
  • [Glass Slide.01/(038)] Southern Putuo Monastery, Xiamen
  • [Glass slide.01/(039)] Gates to the Summer Palace, Beijing
  • [Glass Slide.01/(040)] Nanjing Road, Shanghai
  • [Glass Slide.01/(041)] Bridge, Nanjing
  • [Glass Slide.01/(042)] Yi Feng Gate, Nanjing
  • [Glass Slide.01/(043)] Market Stalls, China
  • [Glass Slide.01/(044)] Temple, Guangzhou
  • [Glass Slide.01/(045)] Yang Jin Bang Creek, Shanghai
  • [Glass Slide.01/(046)] Gates to the Summer Palace, Beijing
  • [Glass Slide.01/(047)] Garden, China
  • [Glass Slide.01/(048)] Architecture, China
  • [Glass Slide.01/(049)] Rural Scene, China
  • [Glass Slide.01/(050)] Ming Xiaoling, Nanjing
  • [Glass Slide.01/(051)] Rural Scene, China
  • [Glass Slide.01/(052)] Fukien Temple, Ningbo
  • [Glass Slide.01/(053)] Chinese Courthouse, China
  • [Glass Slide.01/(054)] Chinese Family, China
  • [Glass Slide.01/(055)] Henan Road, Shanghai
  • [Glass Slide.01/(056)] Fishing Boat, China
  • [Glass Slide.01/(057)] Chinese Mandarin, China
  • [Glass Slide.01/(058)] Junk, China
  • [Glass Slide.01/(059)] Mourning Altar, China
  • [Glass Slide.01/(060)] Ploughing a Field, China
  • [Glass Slide.01/(061)] Performers, China
  • [Glass Slide.01/(062)] Fishing, Shanghai
  • [Glass Slide.01/(063)] Rickshaw, China
  • [Glass Slide.01/(064)] Sampan, Ningbo
  • [Glass Slide.01/(065)] Chinese Couple, China
  • [Glass Slide.01/(066)] Wedding Procession, China
  • [Glass Slide.01/(067)] Rural Scene, China
  • [Glass Slide.01/(068)] Chinese Home, China
  • [Glass Slide.01/(069)] Landscape, Guangzhou
  • [Glass Slide.01/(070)] Rural Scene, China
  • [Glass Slide.01/(071)] Gateway, China
  • [Glass Slide.01/(072)] Chinese Family, China
  • [Glass Slide.01/(073)] Chinese Family, China
  • [Glass Slide.01/(074)] Ancestor Worship, China
  • [Glass Slide.01/(075)] Zongli Yamen (?), Beijing
  • [Glass Slide.01/(076)] Temple, Beijing
  • [Glass Slide.01/(077)] Temple of Heaven, Beijing
  • [Glass Slide.01/(078)] Summer Palace, Beijing
  • [Glass Slide.01/(079)] Gates of the Summer Palace, Beijing
  • [Glass Slide.01/(080)] Marble Boat, Beijing
  • [Glass Slide.01/(081)] Gateway, Beijing
  • [Glass Slide.01/(082)] Ming Tombs, Beijing
  • [Glass Slide.01/(083)] Five Pagoda Temple, Beijing
  • [Glass Slide.01/(084)] Musicians, China
  • [Glass Slide.01/(085)] Musicians, China
  • [Glass Slide.01/(086)] Pagoda of Cishou Temple, Beijing
  • [Glass Slide.01/(087)] Actors, China
  • [Glass Slide.01/(088)] Chinese Woman, China
  • [Glass Slide.01/(089)] Merchant & his Family, China
  • [Glass Slide.01/(090)] Amah & Baby, China
  • [Glass Slide.01/(091)] Manchu Woman, China
  • [Glass Slide.01/(092)] Sedan Chairs, China
  • [Glass Slide.01/(093)] Suppertime, China
  • [Glass Slide.01/(094)] Dinnertime, China
  • [Glass Slide.01/(095)] The Bund, Shanghai
  • [Glass Slide.01/(096)] Temple of Heaven, Beijing
  • [Glass Slide.01/(097)] Ming City Wall Ruins, Beijing
  • [Glass Slide.01/(098)] Ming City Wall Ruins, Beijing
  • [Glass Slide.01/(099)] Beisi Pagoda, Suzhou
  • [Glass Slide.01/(100)] Henan Road, Shanghai
  • [Glass slide.01/(101)] Temple, Shanghai
  • [Glass Slide.01/(102)] Village Houses, Suzhou
  • [Glass Slide.01/(103)] Beihai Park, Beijing
  • [Glass Slide.01/(104)] White Pagoda, Beihai Park, Beijing
  • [Glass Slide.01/(105] Houses, Nanjing
  • [Glass Slide.01/(106)] Rice Fields, China
  • [Glass Slide.01/(107)] Street Sellers, China
  • [Glass Slide.01/(108)] Street View, China
  • [Glass Slide.01/(109)] Golden Island, Jiangsu
  • [Glass Slide.01/(110)] Golden Island, Jiangsu
  • [Glass Slide.01/(111)] Golden Island, Jiangsu
  • [Glass Slide.01/(112)] Golden Island, Jiangsu
  • [Glass Slide.01/(113)] Golden Island, Jiangsu
  • [Glass Slide.01/(114)] Golden Island, Jiangsu
  • [Glass Slide.01/(115)] Temple, Jiangsu
  • [Glass Slide.01/(116)] Temple, Jiangsu
  • [Glass Slide.01/(117)] Ming Tombs, Nanjing
  • [Glass Slide.01/(118)] Confucian Temple, Nanjing
  • [Glass Slide.01/(119)] Confucian Temple, Nanjing
  • [Glass Slide.01/(120)] Temple, Wuhu
  • [Glass Slide.01/(121)] Soldiers, Nanjing
  • [Glass Slide.01/(122)] Yellow Crane Tower, Wuhan
  • [Glass Slide.01/(123)] Wuhu, China
  • [Glass Slide.01/(124)] Little Orphan Island, Anqing
  • [Glass Slide.01/(125)] Beijing, China
  • [Glass Slide.01/(126)] Seated Official, China
  • [Glass Slide.01/(127)] Prince Chun & Henry Pu-Yi
  • [Glass Slide.01/(128)] Foreign Minister Tseng, Prince Chun, Li Hongzhang
  • [Glass Slide.01/(129)] Seated Official, China
  • [Glass Slide.01/(130)] Li Hongzhang
  • [Glass Slide.01/(131)] Ancient Observatory, Beijing
  • [Glass Slide.01/(132)] Gathered Crowd of People, China
  • [Glass Slide.01/(133)] Cobblers, China
  • [Glass Slide.01/(134)] Fortune Tellers, China
  • [Glass Slide.01/(135)] Street Seller, China
  • [Glass Slide.01/(136)] Irrigation, China
  • [Glass Slide.01/(137)] Irrigation, China
  • [Glass Slide.01/(138)] Foot Binding, China
  • [Glass Slide.01/(139)] Wheelbarrow as Transport, China
  • [Glass Slide.01/(140)] Chinese Women, Suzhou
  • [Glass Slide.01/(141)] Landscape, Suzhou
  • [Glass Slide.01/(142)] Pagoda, Suzhou
  • [Glass Slide.01/(143)] Dockside, Suzhou
  • [Glass Slide.01/(144)] View of Buildings, Suzhou
  • [Glass Slide.01/(145)] Water Gate, Suzhou
  • [Glass Slide.01/(146)] Landscape, Suzhou
  • [Glass Slide.01/(147)] City Wall, Suzhou
  • [Glass Slide.01/(148)] Landscape, Suzhou
  • [Glass Slide.01/(149)] Fishing Nets, Suzhou
  • [Glass Slide.01/(150)] Suzhou, China
  • [Glass Slide.01/(151)] Bridge, Suzhou
  • [Glass Slide.01/(152)] Architecture, Suzhou
  • [Glass Slide.01/(153)] Bridges, Suzhou
  • [Glass Slide.01/(154)] River with Sampans, Hangzhou
  • [Glass Slide.01/(155)] Pagodas, Hangzhou
  • [Glass Slide.01/(156)] Garden, Jiading
  • [Glass Slide.01/(157)] River Scene, Ningbo
  • [Glass Slide.01/(158)] Sampan, China
  • [Glass Slide.01/(159)] Foot Boat, China
  • [Glass Slide.01/(160)] Cantonese Woman, China
  • [Glass Slide.01/(161)] Cathedral, China
  • [Glass Slide.01/(162] Longhua Pagoda, Shanghai
  • [Glass Slide.01/(163)] Opium Smokers, China
  • [Glass Slide.01/(164)] Opium Smokers, China
  • [Glass Slide.01/(165)] Canton Road, China
  • [Glass Slide.01/(166)] Henan Road, Shanghai
  • [Glass Slide.01/(167)] Mandarin & Wife, China
  • [Glass Slide.01/(168)] Front Building, China
  • [Glass Slide.01/(169)] Creek, Suzhou
  • [Glass Slide.01/(170)] Arsenal, Shanghai
  • [Glass Slide.01/(171)] Cotton Spinning, Shanghai
  • [Glass Slide.01/(172)] Silk Filature, China
  • [Glass Slide.01/(173)] Execution, China
  • [Glass Slide.01/(174)] Cangue, China
  • [Glass Slide.01/(175)] Cangue, China
  • [Glass Slide.01/(176)] Chinese Court, Shanghai
  • [Glass Slide.01/(177)] Chinese Court, China
  • [Glass Slide.01/(178)] Pavilions, Shanghai
  • [Glass Slide.01/(179)] Street Scene, Shanghai
  • [Glass Slide.01/(180)] Old Northern Gate, China
  • [Glass Slide.01/(181)] The Bund, Shanghai
  • [Glass Slide.01/(182)] The Bund, Shanghai
  • [Glass Slide.01/(183)] The Bund, Shanghai
  • [Glass Slide.01/(184)] Silk Filature, Shanghai
  • [Glass Slide.01/(185)] West Gate, China
  • [Glass Slide.01/(186)] Mixed Court, China
  • [Glass slide.01/(187)] Nanjing Road, Shanghai
  • [Glass Slide.01/(188)] Yang Jin Bang Creek, Shanghai
  • [Glass Slide.01/(189)] Fuzhou Road, Shanghai
  • [Glass Slide.01/(190)] Wheelbarrow as Transport, China
  • [Glass Slide.01/(191)] Promenade, China
  • [Glass Slide.01/(192)] Sampans, China
  • [Glass Slide.01/(193)] Carpenters, China
  • [Glass Slide.01/(194)] Gamblers, China
  • [Glass Slide.01/(195)] Barbers, China
  • [Glass Slide.01/(196)] Straw Raincoats, China
  • [Glass Slide.01/(197)] Packing Tea, China
  • [Glass Slide.01/(198)] Rattan Shields, China
  • [Glass Slide.01/(199)] Promenade, China
• [Photo.12] South Indian Architecture and Scenery
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  • [Photo.12/(001)] Teppa Tank, Madura
  • [Photo.12/(002)] Madura, the Southern Gopuram [of the Minakshi Sundareshvara Temple] from the east
  • [Photo.12/(003)] Madura, the temple jewels [Minakshi Sundareshvara Temple?]
  • [Photo.12/(004)] Trichinopoly, the Rock and the Tank from the old Gateway
  • [Photo.12/(005)] Coonoor, Black Bridge on the ghat
  • [Photo.12/(006)] Coonoor, Glen View Hotel, distant view
  • [Photo.12/(007)] Coonoor, Sims Park, the Lake
  • [Photo.12/(008)] Coonoor, Runnymede Waterfall
  • [Photo.12/(009)] Coonoor, Hoolical Droog in the mist
  • [Photo.12/(010)] Towards Coonoor, from Lamb’s Rock
  • [Photo.12/(011)] Ootacamund, Charing Cross
  • [Photo.12/(012)] Ootacamund, the Lake from Willow Bund
  • [Photo.12/(013)] Ootacamund, the Lake and Elk Hill from Erin Cottage
  • [Photo.12/(014)] Ootacamund, the Lake from the west
  • [Photo.12/(015)] The Seven Pagodas [Mamallapuram], General view of the rathas (monolithic temples), Dharmaraja’s in foreground
  • [Photo.12/(016)] Seven Pagodas [Mamallapuram], Draupadi and Arjuna Rathas
  • [Photo.12/(017)] The Seven Pagodas [Mamallapuram], the Split Temple [Bhima Ratha]
  • [Photo.12/(018)] The Seven Pagodas [Mamallapuram], the Ganesa Temple, a very elegant structure
  • [Photo.12/(019)] The Seven Pagodas [Mamallapuram], Yemopooram Temple [Mahishamardini Cave Temple]
  • [Photo.12/(020)] The Seven Pagodas [Mamallapuram], Woolacalundha Temple
  • [Photo.12/(021)] The Seven Pagodas [Mamallapuram], the Butter Stone [Krishna’s Butterball]
  • [Photo.12/(022)] The Seven Pagodas [Mamallapuram], nearer view of the left portion of the carvings [Arjuna’s Penance]
  • [Photo.12/(023)] The Seven Pagodas [Mamallapuram], nearer view of the left portion of the carvings [Arjuna’s Penance]
  • [Photo.12/(024)] The Seven Pagodas [Mamallapuram], Vishnu Trivikrama [Varaha Cave Temple?]
  • [Photo.12/(025)] The Seven Pagodas [Mamallapuram], the conflict between Durga and the evil spirit Mahishasura [Mahishamardini Cave Temple]
  • [Photo.12/(026)] The Seven Pagodas [Mamallapuram], the herds of the cowherd Nunda in Kristna’s Choultry
  • [Photo.12/(027)] The Seven Pagodas [Mamallapuram], the Shore Temple
• [Photo.13] Architectural Views of India
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  • [Photo.13/(001)] Tomb of Mahomed Ghaus, Gwalior Fort
  • [Photo.13/(002)] Interior of North Room, Man Mandir, Gwalior Fort
  • [Photo.13/(003)] Sas Bahu Temple, Gwalior Fort
  • [Photo.13/(004)] Teli-ka-Mandir, Gwalior Fort
  • [Photo.13/(005)] Centre archway of Arhai-din-ka-Jhonpra, Ajmer
  • [Photo.13/(006)] View of Durgah, Ajmer
  • [Photo.13/(007)] Anna Sagor Lake, Ajmer
  • [Photo.13/(008)] City view from the Palace, Amber
  • [Photo.13/(009)] Street view, Jaipur
  • [Photo.13/(010)] The Palace, Amber
  • [Photo.13/(011)] North corner of the Amber Lake
  • [Photo.13/(012)] Jaipur Palace
  • [Photo.13/(013)] Inside the City Palace, Alwar
  • [Photo.13/(014)] Marble Cenotaph of the Maharaja, Alwar
  • [Photo.13/(015)] City view, Alwar
  • [Photo.13/(017)] The Water Palace [Gopal Bhavan], Dig
  • [Photo.13/(018)] Lahore Gate of the Fort, Delhi
  • [Photo.13/(019)] Interior view of the Sumon Barj, Delhi
  • [Photo.13/(020)] The Kashmiri Gate, Delhi
  • [Photo.13/(021)] The Qutb Minar, Delhi
• [Photo.14] Topographical Views of India
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  • [Photo.14/(001)] View looking towards the River Hugli from the Ochterlony Monument, Calcutta
  • [Photo.14/(002)] Scene in the Eden Gardens, Calcutta
  • [Photo.14/(003)] Lankeshvara Shrine, Kailasanatha Rock-cut Temple, Ellora
  • [Photo.14/(004)] Dherwada Cave Temple, Ellora
  • [Photo.14/(005)] Side porch of rock-cut temple with sculptured figures
  • [Photo.14/(006)] Elephanta Cave Temple
  • [Photo.14/(007)] Entrance to cave temple, Elephanta
  • [Photo.14/(008)] Interior of Elephanta Cave Temple
  • [Photo.14/(009)] The Bund Gardens, Poona
  • [Photo.14/(010)] View on the Bund at Poona
  • [Photo.14/(011)] Back Bay, Bombay
  • [Photo.14/(012)] Bombay from Malabar Hill
  • [Photo.14/(013)] Malabar Hill from the Rajabai Tower, Bombay
  • [Photo.14/(014)] Malabar Hill from the Rajabai Tower, Bombay
  • [Photo.14/(015)] Mahalakshmi Temple, Breach Candy, Bombay
  • [Photo.14/(016)] Darjeeling
  • [Photo.14/(017)] Darjeeling
  • [Photo.14/(018)] Sunset on Kinchenjunga, from Darjeeling
  • [Photo.14/(019)] Tista Valley
  • [Photo.14/(020)] Road up to Darjeeling
  • [Photo.14/(021)] Road up to Darjeeling
  • [Photo.14/(022)] The railway view from Goomti Corner
  • [Photo.14/(023)] View on the Darjeeling Hill Railway
  • [Photo.14/(024)] Tree ferns, Darjeeling
• [Photo.22] Views of China and Hong Kong
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  • [Photo.22/(001)] Aftermath of a typhoon
  • [Photo.22/(002)] Waterfront after typhoon, 1874.
  • [Photo.22/(003)] Steamer, ashore after Typhoon
  • [Photo.22/(004)] Destroyed building after typhoon
  • [Photo.22/(005)] Aberdeen Dock after typhoon
  • [Photo.22/(007)] Flagstaff at Victoria Peak after typhoon
  • [Photo.22/(008)] Clubhouse, Hong Kong, opposite Post Office
  • [Photo.22/(009)] Panoramic view of Hong Kong in two sheets
  • [Photo.22/(010)] Happy Valley Racecourse, Hong Kong
  • [Photo.22/(011)] Cemetery, Hong Kong, Happy Valley. Naval Hospital on the hill
  • [Photo.22/(012)] Shipping in Hong Kong Harbour
  • [Photo.22/(013)] British naval vessel HMS Orion in dry dock, Hong Kong
  • [Photo.22/(014)] Soochow Creek, Shanghai
  • [Photo.22/(015)] Bund, Hankow
  • [Photo.22/(016)] Pagoda, Wuchang, opposite Hankow
  • [Photo.22/(017)] Tea plantation, Yang li Moon (above Hankow)
  • [Photo.22/(018)] Little Orphan Island, Yangtze River
  • [Photo.22/(019)] Chinese barbers at work in a courtyard
  • [Photo.22/(020)] Opium smokers
  • [Photo.22/(021)] Labelling and packing brick tea
  • [Photo.22/(022)] Chinese family group
  • [Photo.22/(023)] Peking Observatory
  • [Photo.22/(024)] Jesuit Observatory on wall of Peking
  • [Photo.22/(025)] View of the Whampoo River
• [Photo.24] Portrait photos of Orientalists
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  • [Photo.24/(001)] Alexander Hayman Wilson
  • [Photo.24/(002)] Sir Charles Lyall
  • [Photo.24/(003)] George FitzClarence
  • [Photo.24/(004)] William Lambton
  • [Photo.24/(005)] Henry Lansdell
  • [Photo.24/(007)] Edward Denning
  • [Photo.24/(008)] Garcin de Tassy
  • [Photo.24/(009)] Sir Monier Monier-Williams
  • [Photo.24/(010)] Sir Donald McLeod
  • [Photo.24/(011)] W.S.W. Vaux
  • [Photo.24/(012)] Arthur Coke Burnell
  • [Photo.24/(013)] W.J. Sinclair
  • [Photo.24/(014)] Edward Thomas
  • [Photo.24/(015)] Edward Thomas
  • [Photo.24/(016)] Oliver Codrington
  • [Photo.24/(018)] E.L. Brandreth
  • [Photo.24/(020)] Reinhold Rost
  • [Photo.24/(021)] John Faithfull Fleet
  • [Photo.24/(022)] Charles J. Rogers
  • [Photo.24/(023)] Sir George Campbell
  • [Photo.24/(024)] Rajendralal Mitra
  • [Photo.24/(025)] Sir William Wilson Hunter
  • [Photo.24/(026)] T.W. Rhys Davids
  • [Photo.24/(027)] Lord Reay
  • [Photo.24/(028)] George Pearse
  • [Photo.24/(029)] William Dwight Whitney
  • [Photo.24/(033)] Sir Thomas Wade
  • [Photo.24/(034)] Sir George Grierson
  • [Photo.24/(035)] Lord Reay
  • [Photo.24/(036)] Edwin Norris
  • [Photo.24/(037)] F.E. Pargiter
  • [Photo.24/(038)] Oliver Codrington
  • [Photo.24/(039)] D.C. Phillott
  • [Photo.24/(041)] Captain Baldwin
• [Photo.27] Photographs of Georgia by L. Rogozinski
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  • [Photo.27/(001)] Teberda, a Christian temple on the River Assa (view from the east)
  • [Photo.27/(002)] Magiezda Sanctuary near Salgi village, Hamhin community
  • [Photo.27/(003)] Towers in Hani ‘aul’
  • [Photo.27/(004)] Ljadah ‘aul’ [village] of Hamhin community
  • [Photo.27/(005)] Tourists arriving at Arzee village of the Mechal’ community
  • [Photo.27/(006)] The Armhi River Valley, Arzzi ‘aul’ [village]
  • [Photo.27/(007)] The Seska-Solsa Chapel near Salgi village, Hamhin community
  • [Photo.27/(008)] Ingush woman weaving
• [Photo.31] Views of Indonesia, Burma, Thailand, Kelantan and India
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  • [Photo.31/(001)] Dancing girls of the Arampone of Bone
  • [Photo.31/(003)] Dancing girls of the Arampone of Bone
  • [Photo.31/(004)] Dancing girls of the Arampone of Bone
  • [Photo.31/(006)] Dancing girls of the Arampone of Bone
  • [Photo.31/(008)] Dancing girls of the Rajah of Goa
  • [Photo.31/(010)] Dancing Girls of the Rajah of Goa
  • [Photo.31/(012)] Mountain View, Malino
  • [Photo.31/(013)] Member of the guard of honour
  • [Photo.31/(014)] Rider of Goa
  • [Photo.31/(015)] Pipe band of the Patiala Regiment
  • [Photo.31/(016)] Bandmaster of the Patiala Regiment
  • [Photo.31/(019)] Piper of the Patiala Regiment
  • [Photo.31/(022)] Indonesian man, Jakarta
  • [Photo.31/(024)] Guard of honour on horseback
  • [Photo.31/(025)] Group of male and female military personnel
  • [Photo.31/(026)] Republican Army Sentry
  • [Photo.31/(027)] Indonesian man
  • [Photo.31/(028)] Sculpture of Durga from Indonesia
  • [Photo.31/(030)] Floating market, Bangkok
  • [Photo.31/(031)] Palace Complex, Bangkok?
  • [Photo.31/(032)] Temple, Bangkok
  • [Photo.31/(033)] Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon
  • [Photo.31/(034)] Shrine, Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon
  • [Photo.31/(035)] Shrine, Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon
  • [Photo.31/(036)] Temple spire, Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon
  • [Photo.31/(037)] Shrines, Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon
  • [Photo.31/(038)] Pagoda, Burma
  • [Photo.31/(039)] Pagoda, Burma
  • [Photo.31/(040)] Buddha Images
  • [Photo.31/(041)] Buddha Images
  • [Photo.31/(042)] Massive Reclining Buddha
  • [Photo.31/(043)] Massive Reclining Buddha
  • [Photo.31/(044)] Ploughing, Kelantan
  • [Photo.31/(045)] Tibetan Priest and Priestess
• [Photo.33] Photographs of trades and types in Iran, attributed to Antoin Sevruguin
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  • [Photo.33/(001)] Studio portrait of a water carrier
  • [Photo.33/(002)] Water pipes [hookahs]
  • [Photo.33/(003)] Studio portrait of a barber and his customer
  • [Photo.33/(004)] Studio portrait of a group of Persian women, all veiled
  • [Photo.33/(005)] Studio portrait of a butcher
  • [Photo.33/(006)] Studio portrait of a man and two women squatting beside a bowl, presumably filled with charcoal
  • [Photo.33/(007)] Dervishes
• [Photo.34] Photographs of Amaravati
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  • [Photo.34/(001)] Amaravati (no. 9 and 30)
  • [Photo.34/(002)] Amaravati (no. 18)
  • [Photo.34/(003)] Amaravati (no. 21) 
  • [Photo.34/(004)] Amaravati (nos. 26, 27, 28 in situ)
  • [Photo.34/(005)] Amaravati (no. 36)
  • [Photo.34/(006)] Amaravati (no. 46)
  • [Photo.34/(007)] Amaravati (no. 47)
  • [Photo.34/(008)] Amaravati (nos. 47, 48)
  • [Photo.34/(009)] Amaravati (no. 52)
  • [Photo.34/(010)] Amaravati (nos. 65, 29, 53)
  • [Photo.34/(011)] Amaravati (nos. 22, 55, 68)
  • [Photo.34/(012)] Amaravati (no. 69)
  • [Photo.34/(013)] Amaravati (nos. 70, 71, 72)
  • [Photo.34/(014)] Main street of Amaravati (looking South)
  • [Photo.34/(015)] Amaravati. General view of excavations, 1877, taken from the southern side of the circle
  • [Photo.34/(016)] The Krishna River at Amaravati, looking N.E., from the Rajah’s Residence
  • [Photo.34/(017)] Amaravati. Excavations, 1877. General view of the platform as unearthed.
  • [Photo.34/(018)] Amaresvaraswami Temple at Amaravati (looking north)
  • [Photo.34/(019)] Amaresvaraswami Temple at Amaravati (looking south from rocks in the river-bed)
  • [Photo.34/(020)] The Fort wall of Dharamkota [Dharanikota], from the Krishna riverbank
• [Photo.35] Archaeological Views of Western India
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  • [Photo.35/(003)] Daulatabad Fort, Nizam’s Territory
  • [Photo.35/(004)] Street in Laxmeshwar
  • [Photo.35/(005)] Aihole, Bijapur district. Old Durga Temple
  • [Photo.35/(006)] The great Gun, 1100 years old, Bijapur
  • [Photo.35/(007)] Daulatabad, Nizam’s Territory: minaret
  • [Photo.35/(008)] General view from Fort, Daulatabad
  • [Photo.35/(009)] Bijapur
  • [Photo.35/(010)] Bijapur. General view showing Chore Goomuj on left and Sheikh Raza on right in distance
  • [Photo.35/(011)] Champa Baoli, Handas
  • [Photo.35/(012)] Bijapur. General view shewing one of the bastions
  • [Photo.35/(013)] Jooma Musjid in Fort, Bijapur
  • [Photo.35/(014)] Madrasa of Mahmud Gawan (?)
  • [Photo.35/(015)] General view. Goomuji’s Bund on Neemaji
  • [Photo.35/(016)] Mosque at Begampura, between Shalamar and Lahore
  • [Photo.35/(017)] The Masjid of Hakim Ali-ud-Din Wazir Khan, Lahore
  • [Photo.35/(018)] Tomb of Sultan Begam, between Shalamar and the City of Lahore
  • [Photo.35/(019)] Tomb of Hazrat Aishar near Begampura, between Shalamar and the City of Lahore
  • [Photo.35/(020)] The Gateway of the Galabi Bagh, on the road from Shalamar to the City of Lahore
  • [Photo.35/(021)] Courtyard of the Qutb, Delhi
  • [Photo.35/(022)] Tomb of Sheikh Musa, known as Subz Gumbad
  • [Photo.35/(023)] Great Temple, Patna
  • [Photo.35/(024)] Patna. Temple near the Jaina Temple
  • [Photo.35/(028)] Temple of Ahalya Bai, Mukesar on the Nerbudda
  • [Photo.35/(029)] Temple at Garaspar
  • [Photo.35/(030)] Ghat at Mukesar on the Nerbudda
  • [Photo.35/(031)] Bamini Temple, Pathari, Central India. Old Jaina Temple
  • [Photo.35/(033)] Pathari, Central India. Porch of Gurrulmukh Temple, 1862
  • [Photo.35/(034)] Pathari, Central India. Image in shrine of the old Gadarmal Temple
  • [Photo.35/(035)] Pathari, Central India. Gadarmal Temple, 1862
  • [Photo.35/(036)] Loose stone near Mandapeswar
  • [Photo.35/(037)] Mehkar, Berar. Temple ruin.
  • [Photo.35/(038)] Berar. Ruins of old temple at Mehkar
  • [Photo.35/(039)] Berar. Lonar on left side of ghat to lake near bottom
  • [Photo.35/(040)] Lonar, Berar. Ruined buildings
  • [Photo.35/(041)] Indic religious image on stone fragment near Mandapeswar
  • [Photo.35/(042)] Indic religious image on stone fragment
  • [Photo.35/(043)] Burmese pagoda
  • [Photo.35/(044)] Bupaya Pagoda
  • [Photo.35/(045)] Buddhist monastery with Buddhist monks, Mandalay
  • [Photo.35/(046)] Burmese Pagoda
  • [Photo.35/(047)] Temple at Bhilsa
  • [Photo.35/(048)] Sitting stone figure (Buddha ?)
  • [Photo.35/(049)] Jaina image at Anigall
  • [Photo.35/(050)] Saptamatri
  • [Photo.35/(051)] Ahmadabad
  • [Photo.35/(052)] Jaina image at Balagavili (?)
  • [Photo.35/(053)] Ahmadabad, Jami Masjid
  • [Photo.35/(054)] Puri, Orissa, Black Pagoda, Konarak (?)
  • [Photo.35/(055)] Puri, Orissa, Black Pagoda, Konarak (?)
  • [Photo.35/(056)] Doorway with ornate arch featuring writing in Arabic script
  • [Photo.35/(057)] Portrait photograph of two Indian men, one standing and one sitting, in an ornate stone interior
  • [Photo.35/(058)] Stone statue of Indic religious figure
  • [Photo.35/(059)] Stonework featuring writing in Arabic script
  • [Photo.35/(060)] Ruined building (temple?)
  • [Photo.35/(061)] Stone entranceway with carved pillars
  • [Photo.35/(062)] Rock-cut stonework above standing water
  • [Photo.35/(064)] Stone fragments of temple (?) iconography
  • [Photo.35/(065)] View of temple (?) building complex
  • [Photo.35/(066)] Arrangement of ornate knives (?)
  • [Photo.35/(067)] Stone fragment featuring carved human figures
  • [Photo.35/(068)] View of a temple building with two Indian men in front
  • [Photo.35/(069)] View of a low stone building with carved pillars
  • [Photo.35/(088)] Head and shoulders image of Indic religious figure
  • [Photo.35/(089)] Stone fragments depicting religious (?) figures
• [Photo.49] Photos of Kalmyk people
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  • [Photo.49/(001)] Davala, 24 years old
  • [Photo.49/(001a)] Davala, 24 years old
  • [Photo.49/(002)] Eurupschild, 35 years old
  • [Photo.49/(002a)] Eurupschild, 35 years old
  • [Photo.49/(003)] Boulgronn, 20 years old
  • [Photo.49/(003a)] Boulgronn, 20 years old
  • [Photo.49/(004)] Nagala, 18 years old
  • [Photo.49/(004a)] Nagala, 18 years old
  • [Photo.49/(005)] Kiski, 15 years old
  • [Photo.49/(005a)] Kiski, 15 years old
  • [Photo.49/(006)] Bolroh, 17 years old
  • [Photo.49/(006a)] Bolroh, 17 years old
  • [Photo.49/(006b)] Bolroh, 17 years old
  • [Photo.49/(007)] Davala, 6 years old
  • [Photo.49/(008)] Exterior view of a tent
  • [Photo.49/(009)] Interior view of a tent
  • [Photo.49/(010)] Interior view of a tent
  • [Photo.49/(011)] Interior view of a tent
  • [Photo.49/(012)] Troop of camels
• [Photo.85] Photos of policemen, 1924-1929
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  • [Photo.85/(001)] Bombay policeman, 1924
  • [Photo.85/(002)] Punjab policeman, 1924
  • [Photo.85/(003)] Bangalore policeman, 1924
  • [Photo.85/(004] Arab railway policeman, 1924
  • [Photo.85/(005] Iraqi policeman, 1925
  • [Photo.85/(006)] Lahore policeman, 1926
  • [Photo.85/(007)] Railway policeman, Hyderabad state, 1926
  • [Photo.85/(008)] British police sergeant, Madras, 1926
  • [Photo.85/(009)] Egyptian policeman, Port Said, 1926
  • [Photo.85/(010)] Trichinopoli policeman, 1929
• [Photo.86/2] Photos from Sikkim and Tibet, 1938-39
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  • [Photo.86/2(001)] Group photo in Yatung
  • [Photo.86/2(002)] Bertie Warren’s grave at Yatung, 1939
  • [Photo.86/2(003)] Barley drying on racks near Yatung, 1938
  • [Photo.86/2(004)] Fleming Mackenzie and a Sikh orderly
  • [Photo.86/2(005)] Tibetan yak on the Phari plain at 14,000 feet
  • [Photo.86/2(006)] Phari Dzong with snow on the mountains behind, 14,000ft, October 1938
  • [Photo.86/2(007)] Village women of Phari Dzong showing the married woman’s apron and fur lined hat (Puksha)
  • [Photo.86/2(008) A masked dancer at Gyantse, February 1939
  • [Photo.86/2(009)] The master of ceremonies who controlled the monastic dance, Gyantse
  • [Photo.86/2(010)] The master of ceremonies of the monastic dance at the monastery, Gyantse, 1939
  • [Photo.86/2(011)] Tensing, a Sikkimese Agency Clerk and Interpreter at Gyantse
  • [Photo.86/2(012)] The Fortress at Gyantse, 14,000ft
  • [Photo.86/2(013)] Fleming Mackenzie with his horses Sassa and Lindy showing the saddlecloth Mackenzie designed for polo, January 1939
  • [Photo.86/2(014)] A black hat dancer at Gyantse, February 1939
  • [Photo.86/2(015)] Phukong and Lacham Kusho, Duke and Duchess of Lhasa, 1939
  • [Photo.86/2(016)] The Dzong, Gyantse, 1938 or 1939
  • [Photo.86/2(017)] Men with their coracles on the Ralung Chu river, Gyantse, January 1939
  • [Photo.86/2(018)] Crossing the Tsang-Po (Bramaputra) by coracle en route to Lhasa from Gyantse, 1938
  • [Photo.86/2(019)] Fleming Mackenzie with his horse Sassa preparing for a game of polo, Gyantse, December 1938
  • [Photo.86/2(020)] The Ralung Chu river in flood, with the bridge broken, Gyantse
  • [Photo.86/2(021)] ‘Tom Tit’, a Tibetan mastiff, aged 13, the watchdog at the barracks in Gyantse, 1938
  • [Photo.86/2(022)] ’Tom Tit’, guardian of the Trade Agency, Gyantse, 1939
  • [Photo.86/2(023)] Karpo-Nang, Sikkim, 1937
  • [Photo.86/2(024)] A wintry day on the Tang-Tun-Sum, 15,000ft, 1937
  • [Photo.86/2(025)] Professor Guiseppe Tucci, his wife, and the Italian Secretary, Gyantse 1939 
  • [Photo.86/2(026)] Nojin (23,794 ft) from across the Yamdok en route from Gyantse to Lhasa, 1938
  • [Photo.86/2(027)] Lobsang (Mackenzie’s bearer) with his wife and son, 1939
  • [Photo.86/2(028)] Roadside Buddha carving in Red Idol Gorge (14,000ft), 1939
  • [Photo.86/2(029)] ‘Prostrating hireling’ on the Holy Walk, Lhasa
  • [Photo.86/2(030)] ‘The Cave of delicious misery’ showing the leather covered hand, Nyen-de-kyi-buk
  • [Photo.86/2(031)] The Bahm-So lakes by Tuna Plain (14,400ft), home of migrating wild fowl in spring and autumn, 1939
  • [Photo.86/2(032)] Chok Puri (College of Medicine) underneath the Holy Walk, Lhasa, 1939
  • [Photo.86/2(033)] 1001 Buddhas on the Holy Walk Wall, Lhasa, 1939
  • [Photo.86/2(034)] Reflection in the Bham-Tso lake of Chomolhari (24,000ft), on the way to Lhasa
  • [Photo.86/2(035)] First glimpse of Lhasa arriving from the Tsang-Po, 1939
  • [Photo.86/2(036)] Wandering dancers giving a show at Lhasa, January 1939
  • [Photo.86/2(037)] Tibetan visitor to Lhasa, 1939
  • [Photo.86/2(038)] The Potala Palace, Lhasa, home of the Dalai Lama
  • [Photo.86/2(039)] Late Thirteenth Dalai Lama, Norbhu Linga, Lhasa, 1939
  • [Photo.86/2(040)] The Potala Palace, Lhasa, showing its reflection, July 1939
  • [Photo.86/2(041)] Duke and Duchess of Lhasa, with their youngest son, aged seven and the Lama son, 1939
  • [Photo.86/2(042)] A Lama Policeman
  • [Photo.86/2(043] The Christian cemetery, Yatung, Tibet, place of burial for Bertie Warren, 1939
  • [Photo.86/2(044)] A Masked dancer in action
  • [Photo.86/2(045)] Typical Tibetan stone built home
  • [Photo.86/2(046)] D.G. Sundius-Smith and Fleming Mackenzie in Tibet, 1939
  • [Photo.86/2(047)] Orby Clifford and Bikram Singh
  • [Photo.86/2(048)] Devil dancer, Tibet, 1938
  • [Photo.86/2(049)] Party of men including members of German Nazi expedition to Tibet, 1939
  • [Photo.86/2(050)] Fleming Mackenzie, D.G. Sundius-Smith and R.V. Clifford. Gyantse, June 1939
  • [Photo.86/2(051)] Yatung, looking north, August 1938
  • [Photo.86/2(052)] Potala Palace, Home of the Dalai Lama
  • [Photo.86/2(053)] Tibetan Shou (deer) at Norbhu Linka, Lhasa
  • [Photo.86/2(054)] Polo team, December 1938
  • [Photo.86/2(055)] Potala Palace from the West
  • [Photo.86/2(056)] Buddhist monks and musicians, Sikkim, September 1946
  • [Photo.86/2(057)] Nga Chen Rimpoche, a Grand Lama of Tashai-Lumpo, Shigatse, 1939
  • [Photo.86/2(058)] The Sherpas, the Duke of Lhasa and Tsarong, 1937-1938
  • [Photo.86/2(059)] The Agha of Bahnuna (Kurdistan) and his two sons, 1926
  • [Photo.86/2(060)] The Duchess of Lhasa and her daughters in full ceremonial costume, 1938
  • [Photo.86/2(061)] Chaprasis in Mongol hats
  • [Photo.86/2(062)] Palkor Choide, Nyangchu river valley in Gyantse
  • [Photo.86/2(063)] Skin boat with a lady and a gentleman in front of it
  • [Photo.86/2(064)] The 1st Battalion, 15th Punjab Regiment
  • [Photo.86/2(065)] Landscape scene with monastery in background
  • [Photo.86/2(066)] Head of 60 ft figure of Tsongkhapa, founder of the Gelugpa Sect of Buddhism (yellow hats) at the Great Monastery, Gyantse
  • [Photo.86/2(067)] Lama in ceremonial dress with dungchen in the background
  • [Photo.86/2(068)] Prostrating pilgrim on his way to Lhasa, 1938
  • [Photo.86/2(069)] Lady of quality
  • [Photo.86/2(070)] At the Dance of the Black Hat Lamas, Gyantse Monastery
  • [Photo.86/2(071)] Fleming Mackenzie in winter uniform, Gyantse
  • [Photo.86/2(072)] Captain R.V. Clifford in partial winter uniform, Gyantse
  • [Photo.86/2(073)] Gyantse Dzong, June 1939
  • [Photo.86/2(074)] Wooden boats on the Tsang Po at Chaksang, crossing the river to Lhasa, 1936
  • [Photo.86/2(075)] Everest Expedition Passport held by two officials, 1938
  • [Photo.86/2(076)] Karola Pass (17,000ft), forty miles from Gyantse
  • [Photo.86/2(077)] The Regent Dalai Lama, Lhasa, 1937
  • [Photo.86/2(078)] New Year dancers at the Potala, Lhasa, 1936
  • [Photo.86/2(079)] Horses in the Dalai Lama’s stables
  • [Photo.86/2(080)] Incarnations of the Head Lamas draped in scarves of honour, Drepong, Lhasa, 1938
  • [Photo.86/2(081)] ‘Malefactor at large in Lhasa – no prisons’