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Mss Eur F80/289(6)
- Record Id:
- 041-003245761
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002283885
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100026879933.0x001b2b
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F80/289(6)
- Title:
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Kun-pel La, favourite of the Dalai Lama's last years. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
- Scope & Content:
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Genre: Portrait Photography
Full-length portrait of Kun-pel La, seated in front of curtains. Kun-pel La exercised power briefly in Tibet after the death of the 13th Dalai Lama in 1933, but was then arrested and tried. He was exiled to a monastery in Kong-po province, and later escaped to Kalimpong where he worked as a warehouse manager in a Tibetan wool store. The photograph was possibly taken in Kalimpong. Reproduced in Sir Charles Bell, 'Portrait of the Dalai Lama' London, 1946), p. 397.
[Gelatin silver print, 114x184mm].
Subjects = Bell Collection; Tibetan office holders
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002283885
036-002284176
040-002284184
041-003245761 - Is part of:
- Mss Eur F80 : Papers and photographs of Sir Charles Bell, Indian Civil Service 1891-1919; Tibetologist
Mss Eur F80/282-299 : Sir Charles Bell, Indian Civil Service 1891-1919; Tibetologist: photographs of Tibet, Sikkim, Bhutan and Nepal
Mss Eur F80/289 : Photographs for Bell's book on the Thirteenth Dalai Lama.
Mss Eur F80/289(6) : Kun-pel La, favourite of the Dalai Lama's last years. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred - Hierarchy:
- 032-002283885[0010]/036-002284176[0008]/040-002284184[0006]/041-003245761
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur F80
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Start Date:
- 1932
- End Date:
- 1934
- Date Range:
- c 1933
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Known
- Names:
- Bell, Charles Alfred, Knight, administrator in India and Tibetologist, 1870-1945
Kun-pul La, fl 1930s - Places:
- Kalimpong, West Bengal, India, Asia