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040-003174064 Material Type Photographs

401. Photo 1112/1(308)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/1(308)
Title:
Lonchen Shatra and staff at Gyantse en route to India. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Group of Lonchen (Prime Minister) Shatra of Tibet with armed retainers in front of the fort at Gyantze, while en route to to attend the Simla Conference on relations between China, great Britain and Tibet. See Tibet Past and Present, pp. 148-59. For another, almost iden...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1913
Extent:
1 item

402. 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

403. 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

404. Photo 1112/1(90b)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/1(90b)
Title:
Dalai Lama's A.D.C. riding, Lhasa. When riding wears his hat, but not when walking. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Variant of print 90a, head held in slightly different position. Subjects = Bell Collection; Tibetan officials Location = Lhasa; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1921
Extent:
1 item

405. Photo 1112/1(134)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/1(134)
Title:
The two Ya-so seated in the open with their attendants standing behind them. The Ya-so were established by the 5th Dalai Lama in honour of Gusri Khan, the Mongol. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = Bell Collection; festivals; Lugu Gardrik Ceremony; religion; religion (Buddhism) Location = Lhasa; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1921
Extent:
1 item

406. Photo 1112/1(162)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/1(162)
Title:
Two pictures: on left, scenes from life of Lo-pon Rimpoche; on right, scenes from Milarepa's life. In front are the large brass pots for the offerings of spectators. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Subjects = Bell Collection; Tibetan architecture Location = Lhasa; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1921
Extent:
1 item

407. Photo 1112/1(185)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/1(185)
Title:
Some of the monks in one of the religious services at the Temple in the Prayer Festival, Lhasa. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Hugh Richardson, who reproduces this photograph in Ceremonies of the Lhasa Year (Serindia, London, 1993), pp. 24-25, titles it, 'Monks outside the Tsuklakhang during the Great Prayer.' The Tsuklakhang is the complex of religious and administrative buildings whi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1921
Extent:
1 item

408. Photo 1112/1(198)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/1(198)
Title:
A nun (ma-ni-ma) showing picture to passers-by on the road. From it she illustrates episodes in the lives of Buddha. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = Bell Collection; nuns; religion; religion (Buddhism)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1920-1921
Extent:
1 item

409. Photo 1112/1(109)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/1(109)
Title:
Do-ring family at Gyantse. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Family group with son Do-ring Techie seated on left.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1915
Extent:
1 item

410. 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