Street scene, Nechung monastery
Photograph
1903-1904 (photographed)
1903-1904 (photographed)
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A street in a monastery complex, with a group of monks in the shade at the right. Steps lead to other buildings, a mountainside in the distance.
Object details
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| Title | Street scene, Nechung monastery (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Photographic paper |
| Brief description | One of a series of fourteen platinotype photographs of Tibet in 1903-04 by John Claude White |
| Physical description | A street in a monastery complex, with a group of monks in the shade at the right. Steps lead to other buildings, a mountainside in the distance. |
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| Production type | Unlimited edition |
| Copy number | N/A |
| Credit line | Given by the American Friends of the V&A through the generosity of Michael McDaniel |
| Production | Reason For Production: Private |
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| Bibliographic reference | John Clarke, Tibet: Caught in Time, London: Garnet Publishing in association with the British Library, 1997, illustrated on p.75: 'Like small towns, monasteries had narrow streets that ran between the complexes of houses which faced inwards towards central courtyards. This stret is at Nechung, the monastery of the State Oracle'. |
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| Accession number | E.870-2000 |
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| Record created | August 29, 2000 |
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