040-003174064 / Collection Area: Visual Arts - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1112/1(15)
Title:: Gangtok. Maharaja's Palace in left background. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:: Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the ridge towards the Maharaja's modest palace. Subjects = Bell Collection; palaces
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1920
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1112/1(178)
Title:: Large Buddha in Palkor Chode Temple at Gyantse. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = Bell Collection; Buddha images; interiors Location = Gyantse; Tibet
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1910-1920
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1112/1(92b)
Title:: Photograph of a telegram from the Grand Council at Lhasa to Charles Bell in Scotland announcing the opening of the Lhasa Telegraph line.
Scope & Content:: Genre: Historical Events Text reads: 'Telegraph completed Lhassa due entirely your help we offer greetings best wishes your health Kashag [Grand Council] Lhassa.' Subjects = Bell Collection; communications; telegraphs
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1922
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1112/1(183)
Title:: A lane in Drepung, with monks' dwelling at the sides; top of a college hall in the background.. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:: Genre: Landscape Photography With a group of monks posed in the lane for the photographer. Subjects = Bell Collection; monasteries; monks; religion; religion (Buddhism) Location = Drepung; Tibet
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1920-1921
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1112/1(202)
Title:: Large Chorten at Kungtang [Gungthang], built when the monastery was founded. Inside are many images of Buddha. Inside the door is a circular passage, a few feet wide, going round the building. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the large chorten or stupa, standing on a tiered platform, with a smaller chorten in front. Gungthang is about 15 miles east of Lhasa. Reproduced in Hugh Richardson, Ceremonies of the Lhasa Year (Serindia, London, 1993), p. 89. Subjects = Bell ...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1921
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1112/1(218a)
Title:: Ache Lhamo of Chung Riwoche at Norbu Lingka, Lhasa, from the borders of Tsang and Western Tibet, performing the play of 'Nor-zang.' Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of performers on the open stage. Subjects = Ache Lhamo (Tibetan religious drama); Bell Collection; festivals; religion; religion (Buddhism); theatricals Location = Lhasa; Tibet
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1921
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1112/1(77b)
Title:: The Dalai Lama on his throne in Norbu Lingka (the 'Jewel Park', his country residence near Lhasa), as when blessing pilgrims. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:: Genre: Portrait Photography Almost identical to print 77a, but with hands together on cushion. Subjects = Bell Collection; religion; religion (Buddhism); Tibetan rulers Location = Lhasa; Tibet
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1921
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1112/1(165)
Title:: Two gigantic pictures, embroidered on silk, on the walls of the Potala, Lhasa. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:: Genre: Landscape Photography General view looking towards the Potala Palace from the south, with the two images hanging from the centre of the building. '...Of the present and coming Buddhas at Ser-treng ceremony. The two pictures...are some three hundred years old. Procession of monks (middle ...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1920-1921
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1112/1(166)
Title:: Large silk embroidery picture of Buddha at Kung-tang Monastery, several hundred years old. Made when the monastery was founded. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:: Banner with Buddha image hanging from walls of monastery. Subjects = Bell Collection; festivals; monasteries; religion; religion (Buddhism) Location = Lhasa; Tibet
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1920-1921
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1112/1(233)
Title:: Scrub jungle on the river bank at Lhasa; willow trees on left. Close to our house. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:: Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = Bell Collection; trees & plants Location = Lhasa; Tibet
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1920-1921
Extent:: 1 item

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