Bodh Gaya Temple [Mahabodhi Temple, Bodh Gaya]. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = Bell Collection; Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Buddhist); temples Location = Bihar; Bodh Gaya; India
Stag (cervus thoroldi) and hind at Reting Monastery. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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'Young stag, the horns still in velvet, and hind outside Reting Monastery. These are Cervus Thoroldi, perhaps never before seen by a white man. They are found in the Chang-tang and in the vicinity of Reting, but not near Lhasa nor south of Lhasa.' Subjects = animals; Bell Collection; deer; Tho...
Well in courtyard of Shide Monastery, Lhasa. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Architectural Photography 'Willow rod for drawing leather bucket from well lies to the right. Wooden bucket into which water is poured is on the left. The well is walled throughout, with slabs of stone similar to that is the photo. Subjects = Bell Collection; water supplies; wells Lo...
Restaurant booths at the gun and arrow shooting, Lhasa, selling cakes, biscuits and fruit. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Showing stalls and traders. The target shooting competitions take place during the ceremony known as 'The Gallop Behind the Fort': see Hugh Richardson, Ceremonies of the Lhasa Year (Serindia, London, 1993, pp. 56-57. Subjects = Bell Collection; food and drink...
Chumbi Valley doctor, who is also a village headman, feeling patient's pulse. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Doctor examining the arm of a youth. Subjects = Bell Collection; doctors; health care Location = Chumbi Valley; Tibet
The Colonel commanding the Indian troops in the Chumbi Valley in 1905, and his house. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Portrait Photography Army officer (unidentified) standing in front of his house in riding clothes. The house is a small stone bungalow, with a pitched roof from which long icicles hang. Subjects = Bell Collection; bungalows Location = Chumbi Valley; Tibet
Tashi Lama's estate near Gyantse. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Landscape Photography View of field with horses grazing and wall on far side. Subjects = agriculture; Bell Collection; horses; livestock Location = Gyantse; Tibet