A thangka is a painting on cotton or silk.
Slide of yellow silk being pulled over a thangka at the sunning of the Buddha, Guomari Monastery
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Black and white negative of ship sailing into (out of?) port with part of dock in mid-ground
object | ARC/GUP/005/034
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Leaving the Ferry boat
object | ARC/GUP/002/155
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Blackwall Lane School, Greenwich Division (Dreadnought) GREN 919A. First Floor Plan. Drawing no. 3A
object | ARC/HMG/BD/001/005/001
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The Lord Mayor at Surrey House Museum
object | ARC/HMG/PR/004/001/004
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