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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 1112 Language Not applicable Place Lhasa, Tibet, Xizang, China, Asia

1. Photo 1112/1(30)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/1(30)
Title:
Rai Bahadur Achuk Tsering. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length standing portrait, posed beside a wall. Achuk Tsering was Bell's clerk for many years, and accompanied him as personal assistant on his mission to Lhasa in 1920 (where he died in December of that year). Possibly photographed during the mission. Another co...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920-1921
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 1112/1(35)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/1(35)
Title:
Across Kyi Chu Valley from Tra Yer-pa Monastery, Lhasa, Tibet. Telephoto. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View across valley towards mountains. Subjects = Bell Collection; mountain scenery Location = Kyi Chu Valley; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1910-1920
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 1112/1(45)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/1(45)
Title:
Norbu Lingka in right middle distance, Dekyi Lingka in left middle distance, our house on extreme left, river in background [Lhasa]. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = Bell Collection Location = Lhasa; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1910-1920
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 1112/1(57)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/1(57)
Title:
Sho Doring, obelisk with inscriptions below the Potala Palace, Lhasa, inscription on lower portion of southern face. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = Bell Collection; inscription pillars; inscriptions; pillars Location = Lhasa; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1910-1920
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 1112/1(59)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/1(59)
Title:
Do-ring at Potala Sho, Lhasa, in one of the little houses. It commemorates the defeat of Gurkhas by the Chinese and Tibetans in the 18th century. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
View looking towards inscribed column, with stone tortoise in foreground. Subjects = Bell Collection; inscriptions; pillars Location = Lhasa; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1910-1920
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 1112/1(60)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/1(60)
Title:
Trayerpa Monastery, right portion, where Atisha lived. In the rock marked 'X' is the 'Moon Cave', where Lopon Rimpoche lived for one or two years. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Somewhat distant view of monastery buildings 16 miles from Lhasa, with rock on hillside right of centre, marked with a cross. Joins with print 61 to form a panoramic view of the monastery complex and surroundings. Subjects = Bell Collection; monasteries; panoramas...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1910-1920
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 1112/1(61)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/1(61)
Title:
Trayerpa Monastery, left half. Spot marked 'O' shows where the cave is, in which Atisha lived for a year. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Joins with print 60 to form a panoramic view of the monastery complex and surroundings. The cave where Atisha lived is one the hillside behind the monastery at the extreme right. 'Indian pandits, the chief of whom was Atisha, continued to visit Tibet, promoted the r...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1910-1920
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 1112/1(62)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/1(62)
Title:
Old fort in ruins at Dechen, 14 miles east of Lhasa. At bottom on right is the peasant's house where we stayed, 16 April 1921: PRINT MISSING.
Scope & Content:
Subjects = Bell Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 1112/1(63a)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/1(63a)
Title:
Old fort in ruins at Dechen, 14 miles east of Lhasa. In foreground, to the right, is the village, and to the left a flourishing monastery, above which, on the ridge, is the monastic chapel. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = Bell Collection; forts; monasteries; religion; religion (Buddhism) Location = Dechen; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Apr 1921
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 1112/1(63b)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/1(63b)
Title:
Old fort in ruins at Dechen, 14 miles east of Lhasa. In foreground, to the right, is the village, and to the left a flourishing monastery, above which, on the ridge, is the monastic chapel. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Duplicate of print 63a. Subjects = Bell Collection; forts; monasteries; religion; religion (Buddhism) Location = Dechen; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Apr 1921
Extent:
1 item