Archive Reference (shelfmark): Photo 1112 / Level: [41] Item - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1112/5(468)
Title:: Wall of Sam-ye Monastery enclosure, showing upper right part of Ha-po Ri in background. Ha-po Ri is one of the four 'great hills' (ri-chen) in Central Tibet. It is about 400 ft. high, an ugly bare mass of earth and stones. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography Wall in foreground, with row of finials in the form of miniature chortens running along the top. Ha-po Ri in the background, with a temple visible at the summit. Subjects = architectural elements; Bell Collection; monasteries; Tibetan architecture; Tibetan arc...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1933-1934
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1112/5(469)
Title:: One of the three temples at Sam-ye, outside the wall: PRINT MISSING. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:: Subjects = Bell Collection
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1933-1934
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1112/5(470)
Title:: Another of the queen temples at Sam-ye. This one is named U-tse Ser-kang: PRINT MISSING. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:: Subjects = Bell Collection
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1933-1934
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1112/5(471a)
Title:: Two white chotens on rocks, four or five miles from Sam-ye, marking spot where King Ti-song De-tsen met Padma Sambhava, when the latter came from India. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography View from the roadway below, looking up towards the chortens, perched on massive boulders above. 'There were five Brahmans with him. Each of them made one of these chotens, and then disappeared within it. The other three chotens are a little further on. Each cho...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1933-1934
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1112/5(471b)
Title:: Two white chotens on rocks, four or five miles from Sam-ye, marking spot where King Ti-song De-tsen met Padma Sambhava, when the latter came from India. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography Almost identical to print 471a. Subjects = Bell Collection; chortens (stupas); stupas; Tibetan architecture; Tibetan architecture (Buddhist) Location = Samye; Tibet
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1933-1934
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1112/5(471c)
Title:: Two white chotens on rocks, four or five miles from Sam-ye, marking spot where King Ti-song De-tsen met Padma Sambhava, when the latter came from India. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography Similar to prints 471a-b, but in landscape format. Subjects = Bell Collection; chortens (stupas); stupas; Tibetan architecture; Tibetan architecture (Buddhist) Location = Samye; Tibet
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1933-1934
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1112/5(472)
Title:: My room in the village chapel at Tra. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography 'In front are the two pillars with sacred pictures (tang-ka) hanging on them. In left background is the altar, in centre a choten, in right background books in a bookcase; in front of this last is my bed and a Tibetan table for looking-glass, brushes, etc. Taken...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1933-1934
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1112/5(473)
Title:: Interior of the village chapel at Tra, taken straight across the chapel from the entrance door to the altar. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = altars; Bell Collection; interiors; temples; Tibetan architecture; Tibetan architecture (Buddhist) Location = Tibet; Tra
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1933-1934
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1112/5(474)
Title:: Myself (Charles Bell) and some others riding across the hot sand dunes of the Tsang-po on the way to Dor-je Tra. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:: Genre: Landscape Photography Distant view of riders. Subjects = Bell Collection; travelling Location = Tibet; Tsangpo Valley
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1933-1934
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1112/5(475)
Title:: Conical rock rising out of the Tsang-po, between Tra and Dor-je-tra. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:: Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = Bell Collection; landscape features; river scenes; rock formations Location = Tibet; Tra; Tsangpo (river)
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1933-1934
Extent:: 1 item

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