Key Information

Photographer

Rabden Lepcha?

Collection

Sir Charles Bell

Date of Photo

1920-1921

Region

Lhasa > Yuthok Sampa

Accession number

1998.285.283

Image Dimensions

120 x 163 mm

Yuthok, the 'Turquoise Roof' bridge, in Lhasa

Further Information

Photographic Process

Negative glass plate gelatin , Negative Half Plate

Date Acquired

Donated 1983

Donated by

St Antony's College, Oxford.

Copy difference

Image shortened on right hand side

Expedition

Sir Charles Bell's Mission to Lhasa 1920-21

Photo also owned by

Royal Central Asiatic Society

Previous Catologue Number

H.259

Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number

BL.H.259

Published

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

Manual Catalogues -

Manual Catalogues - There is not List of Illustrations entry for this image but there is a caption for Q.232: 'Yuto bridge, 'Turquoise Roof bridge'"

Contemporary Publication -

Contemporary Publication - Published in 'Portrait of the Dalai Lama', Bell, C. A., London: Collins, 1946, facing p.273 (top):"Turquoise roof bridge."

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Yuthok, Turquoise roof bridge, Lhasa" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.285.283.html>.

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