Gyantse seen from dzong Type:stretched canvas

Gyantse seen from dzong Type:stretched canvasView of Gyantse showing Kumbum, the great chorten and the Palkor Chode Monastery, as seen from the dzong or fort. The whole length of the wall surrounding Gyantse can be seen in this image. The main routes into the town are clearly visible, as are the town boundaries and the cultivated fields on the right of the image. The view also gives a good idea of the town layout and the structure of domestic dwellings. The fields appear to be rich with

the ruler of Abu Dhabi

with camels resting on the ground in the foreground

A falconer in a light coloured thobe (long shirt) topped with a cartridge belt holds a peregrine falcon on a mangalah (cuff) on one arm

at the coronation ceremonies of Haile Selassie

a samurai and officer (performing the function of censor) on the 1864 Ikeda mission to France

sitting astride a saddled camel

A string has been tied from the camel's halter to its neck rope

Salim bin Kabina (centre left)

In the right foreground two rowboats have been pulled up onto a beach beside a pile of wood

Portrait of a thirty-seven-year-old Japanese man named Tanaka Rentarō

In the foreground two men leading two camels

View of Bakhtiari nomads walking along a valley with laden mules and donkeys