Lhasa, Amban's yamen (residence of Chinese official) from SE

A set of 50 photographs and associated handwritten descriptive notes, acquired from the Imperial Russian Geographical Society in St. Petersburg. The complete notes, "1904 View of Great Tibet", are available at: http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/u?/tibet,94Amban's yamen from the south-east. [N.]The walls on both sides of the gate facing the south are the remnants [?] of Lhasa's old walls pulled down in 1721. Potala is in the distance."Narzunof had many opportunities to snap his Kodak in the environs of the city. One particular picture that he took was of the residence of the Amban, or Chinese minister resident, whose duty it is to watch over the Dalai-Lama, the latter being nominally under subjection to China. This house is a very modest dwelling, surrounded by walls, the door of which is falling into decay." (p. 553) Deniker, J. (1903). New light on Lhasa, the forbidden city. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine LXVI or 66, 544-554. Available through Google Books at: http://books.google.com/books?id=V_YLAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA544&lpg=PA544&dqGrayscal