Rai Bahadur Achuk Tsering
1998.285.30.1 (Glass negative)
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Key Information
Photographer
Sir Charles Bell or Rabden Lepcha?
Collection
Sir Charles Bell
Date of Photo
1920-1921
Named Person
Achuk Tsering
Accession number
1998.285.30.1
Image Dimensions
120 x 163 mm
Further Information
Photographic Process
Negative glass plate gelatin , Negative Half Plate
Date Acquired
Donated 1983
Donated by
St Antony's College, Oxford.
Copy difference
Lantern Intensifier Image shortened at top
Expedition
Sir Charles Bell
Photo also owned by
Royal Central Asiatic Society
Previous Catologue Number
H.30
Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number
BL.H.30
Manual Catalogues -
Manual Catalogues - Bell's List of Illustrations entry: "[No. of chapter] 1. [Subject of Chapter] Sikkim. [Subject of illustration] H30 (aq) Rai Bahadur Achuk Tsering"
Other Information - Related Images
Other Information - Related Images: see 1998.285.128 for portrait of Kusho Palhese taken in same location [MS 26/5/2004]
Other Information - People
Other Information - People: Sir Charles Bell expressed his gratitude to "the late Achuk Tsering, a very wise Sikkimese gentleman" in the preface to his first major publication on Tibet, 'Tibet Past & Present' (Bell, C. A., Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1924, preface). [MS 21/9/2004]
For Citation use:
The Tibet Album.
"Rai Bahadur Achuk Tsering"
05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum.
<http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.285.30.1.html>.
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