Potala Palace from the west

Potala Palace from the west

1998.285.83 (Glass negative)

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Key Information

Photographer

Rabden Lepcha?

Collection

Sir Charles Bell

Date of Photo

1920-1921

Region

Lhasa > Potala (from south west) >

Accession number

1998.285.83

Image Dimensions

120 x 163 mm

The Potala Palace taken from the west near the Pargo Kaling or Western Gateway to Lhasa

Further Information

Photographic Process

Negative glass plate gelatin , Negative Half Plate

Date Acquired

Donated 1983

Donated by

St Antony's College, Oxford.

Expedition

Sir Charles Bell's Mission to Lhasa 1920-21

Photo also owned by

Royal Central Asiatic Society

Previous Catologue Number

H.74

Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number

BL.H.74

Published

'Portrait of the Dalai Lama', Sir Charles Bell, London: Collins, 1946 [view list of illustrations]

Manual Catalogues -

Manual Catalogues - Bell's List of Illustrations entry: "[No. of chapter] V. [Subject of Chapter] Dalai Lama. [Subject of illustration] (r) Potala from the corner towards Pargo Kaling"

Contemporary Publication -


Contemporary Publication - Published in 'Portrait of the Dalai Lama', Bell, C. A., London: Collins, 1946, facing p.257:"The Potala from the South-west."

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Potala Palace from the west" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.285.83.html>.

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