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411. Photo 1112/1(71)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/1(71)
Title:
Potala Palace, Lhasa, from the back (north-east). Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view. Two copies (second copy a gelatin silver print). Subjects = Bell Collection; palaces; Tibetan architecture; Tibetan architecture (Buddhist) Location = Lhasa; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1921
Extent:
1 item

412. Photo 1112/1(412)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/1(412)
Title:
Wheel of life (Si-pa Kor-lo) in Palkor Chode Monastery, Gyantse. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
View of Tibetan painted mandala. Subjects = Bell Collection; mandalas; paintings and drawings; religion; religion (Buddhism)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1910-1920
Extent:
1 item

413. 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

414. Photo 1112/1(63c)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/1(63c)
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

415. Photo 1112/1(74)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/1(74)
Title:
Potala Palace, Lhasa, from the corner towards Par-go Ka-ling, showing how it is built into the hill. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View from below looking up towards the walls of the Potala Palace. Subjects = Bell Collection; palaces; Tibetan architecture; Tibetan architecture (Buddhist) Location = Lhasa; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1921
Extent:
1 item

416. Photo 1112/1(99)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/1(99)
Title:
Government proclamation in Gyantse Jong; written on paper on wooden board in masonry porch. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Subjects = Bell Collection; proclamations Location = Gyantse; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 item

417. Photo 1112/1(100)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/1(100)
Title:
Eldest brother of Maharaja of Sikkim and his uncle. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Portrait of the two men, seated in a courtyard.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1910-1920
Extent:
1 item

418. Photo 1112/1(104)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/1(104)
Title:
Bang-gye-shar house at Lhasa, showing Palha Kenchen's living rooms. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Copy print, original missing. Bell states that this house, belonging to the Pa-lha family, was burned down during fighting between the Chinese and Tibetans in 1912. ('The People of Tibet', p. 93, illustrated p. 94).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900s
Extent:
1 item

419. Photo 1112/1(105)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/1(105)
Title:
Back of Trimon Shap-pe's House in Lhasa. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking across courtyard towards house. Trimon was a Shap-pe (minister of state) during Bell' s residence in Lhasa.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1920-1921
Extent:
1 item

420. Photo 1112/1(106)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/1(106)
Title:
The Do-rings at Gyantse. Servants standing behind. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Seated portrait of Do-ring Ku-sho and his wife, with servants standing behind. The Do-ring family had for generations served as civil administartors to the Tibetan government, but the figure seen here had been dismissed and exiled from Lhasa for alleged complicity in...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1915
Extent:
1 item