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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Mss Eur F80 Language Not applicable Name Bell, Charles Alfred, Knight, administrator in India and Tibetologist, 1870-1945

1. Mss Eur F80/289(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F80/289(2)
Title:
A present from the Dalai Lama of cream cheeses, dried apricots, and dried apples. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
View of cloth parcel fastened with a seal. Reproduced in Sir Charles Bell, 'Portrait of the Dalai Lama' (London, 1946), p. 309. [Gelatin silver print, 128x94mm]. Subjects = Bell Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1910
Extent:
1 item

2. Mss Eur F80/289(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F80/289(4)
Title:
The Dalai Lama in 1930, aged fifty-four. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Portrait of the 13th Dalai Lama, seated on an ornately carved wooden throne. Reproduced in Sir Charles Bell, 'Portrait of the Dalai Lama' (London, 1946), p. 372. [Gelatin silver print, 78x138mm]. Subjects = Bell Collection; Dalai Lama; lamas; religious leaders; T...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930
Extent:
1 item

3. Mss Eur F80/289(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F80/289(6)
Title:
Kun-pel La, favourite of the Dalai Lama's last years. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length portrait of Kun-pel La, seated in front of curtains. Kun-pel La exercised power briefly in Tibet after the death of the 13th Dalai Lama in 1933, but was then arrested and tried. He was exiled to a monastery in Kong-po province, and later escaped to Kalimp...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1933
Extent:
1 item

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