2001.59.7.5.1 (Film negative)
2001.59.7.5.1 (Film negative)
Hugh E. Richardson
Hugh Richardson
1949-50
Wangchen Geleg Surkhang, Phuntsog Rabgye Ragashar
Lhasa > Dekyi Lingka
2001.59.7.5.1
55 x 57 mm
Negative film nitrate
Donated August 2001
The executors of the estate of Hugh E. Richardson
Hugh E. Richardson
Notes on print - 'Surkhang and Ragashar Shappe' (in pencil) is written on the reverse of print in Richardson's hand and 'Agfa Lupex' is stamped in black. [KC 24/6/2006]
Manual Catalogues - Notes on negative album - '7' 'PEOPLE' [KC 24/6/2006]
Manual Catalogues - Notes on negative index - Folio 5. ' Zurkhang and Ragashar' [KC 24/6/2006]
Research publication - Research publication - Hugh. E. Richardson, Tibet and Its History , 1984 (2nd edition), Boston & London: Shambala, plate 7 a, "Tibetan Nobles". [KC 7/7/2006]
Other Information - Biography: See Luciano Petech, Aristocracy and Government in Tibet 1728-1959 , Serie Orientale Roma XLV, Roma: Is. M.E.O, 1973 pp. 152-3 for a summary of Surkhang Wangchuk Gelek's (b.1910) main achievements. At the time this photograph was taken, he was a member ( bka' blon ) of the council of ministers (bka' shag) which he remained until he left Tibet in 1959. Also, p.78 for a summary of Ragashar Phunsog Rabgye's achievements. [KC 24/6/2006]
Other Information - Dates: This is one of a group of 25 images for which contact prints were made using the same printing out paper although with slighty different tonal qualities as some are very sepia toned. However, there is a very limited number of images in the collection printed out on this type of paper. One of the images in this group is from Samye and Richardson states that he photographed and copied this particular inscription pillar in 1949 [ A Corpus of Early Tibetan Inscriptions , Royal Asiatic Society: James G. Forlong Series, No. XXIX, p.26]. This suggests that the images may have been taken around that time [MS 17/12/2005]
For Citation use:
The Tibet Album.
"Wangchen Geleg Surkhang, Phuntsog Rabgye Ragashar"
05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum.
<http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_2001.59.7.5.1.html>.
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