BMR.6.8.18 (Transparency colour)
BMR.6.8.18 (Transparency colour)
Hugh E. Richardson
Hugh Richardson
1936-50
Lhasa > Dekyi Lingka
BMR.6.8.18
60 x 90 mm
Transparency Colour
Hugh E. Richardson
Technical Information - The camera used to take this collection of colour slides (Dufay colour) were a Zeiss Super Ikonta and a Reflex Korelle. [KC 09/10/2006]
Manual Catalogues - Typewritten handlist entitled 'Hugh Richardson Collection, The British Museum. Photographs taken between 1936-50. Cameras: Zeiss Super Ikonta, Reflex Korelle. 300 colour slides (Dufay colour); copies made Jan. 1995.
[no.] 18. Dekyilingka, headquarters of the British Mission in Lhasa. The Men Chu stream flows in front. It was a haunt of ducks and geese. The photo was taken in April-May.' [KC 09/10/2006]
Other Information - Setting: The Dekyi Lingka (“Garden of Happiness”) was [also] the home of the British Mission from 1936 until 1947. Located in eastern Lhasa, not far from the Norbulingka (the Dalai Lama’s Summer Palace), it was rented from the abbot of the nearby Kundeling monastery. The building was too small to house all the Mission team and so certain members (such as the telegraphist Nepean) had to live in tents in the grounds. The garden teemed with insects and birds (a boon for the ornithologists on the Mission) and groves of trees were much appreciated for screening out the dust of the city. The English style planting reminded many British visitors of home. In 1944 the Dekyi Lingka gardens were expanded by Sherriff and Ludlow. [CH 2003]
For Citation use:
The Tibet Album.
"Dekyi Lingka in late winter"
05 Dec. 2006. The British Museum.
<http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_BMR.6.8.18.html>.
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