Key Information

Photographer

Johnston and Hoffmann

Collection

Sir Charles Bell

Date of Photo

1910

Named Person

Sir Charles Bell, Derge Se, Maharaja of Sikkim, 13th Dalai Lama, Shatra Lonchen, Shokhang Lochen, Trekang Lonchen, Kunsangtse

Region

West Bengal > Calcutta > Hastings House

Accession number

1998.285.437

Image Dimensions

120 x 163 mm

Group taken at Hastings House, Calcutta in 1910. Seated left to right, Der-ge Se, Maharaj-Kumar Sidkeong Trul-ku of Sikkim, Sir Charles Bell, Dalai Lama, Lonchen Sha-tra, Lonchen Sho-khang, Lonchen Tre-kang, Shap-pe Kun-sang-tse. House and plants in background. Carpets on floor. Standing row of men behind, two in army uniform.

Further Information

Photographic Process

Negative glass plate gelatin , Negative Half Plate

Date Acquired

Donated 1983

Donated by

St. Antony's College, Oxford

Copy difference

Copy Neg

Expedition

Sir Charles Bell

Photo also owned by

Sir Charles Bell; Royal Central Asiatic Society

Previous Catologue Number

H.408-83

Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number

BL.H.408-83

Related Collections

British Library, Oriental and India Office Collections

Published

'Tibet Past & Present', Sir Charles Bell, Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1924 [view list of illustrations]

Manual Catalogues -

Manual Catalogues - Bell's List of Illustrations entry: "[No. of chapter] V. [Subject of Chapter] The Dalai Lama [Subject of Illustration] H.408-83 (ba) Group taken at Hastings House, Calcutta in 1910. Seated left to right, Der-ge Se, Maharaj-Kumar Sidkeong Trul-ku of Sikkim, author, Dalai Lama, Lonchen Sha-tra, Lonchen Sho-kang, Lonchen Tre-kang, Shap-pe Kun-sang-tse. [Remarks] Johnston and Hoffmann's"

Other Information - Photographer: Johnston and Hoffman was a commercial photographic firm active in India between 1870 and 1918. [Information from Cambridge University Library RCS Photograph Project web site] [MS 28/6/2004]

Contemporary Publication -

Contemporary Publication - Published in 'Portrait of the Dalai Lama', Bell, C. A., London: Collins, 1946, facing p.112:"At Hastings House, Calcutta, in 1910."

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "13th Dalai Lama, Bell and officials in Calcutta, 1910" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. Accessed 14 Feb. 2012 <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.285.437.html>.

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