Key Information

Photographer

Rabden Lepcha?

Collection

Sir Charles Bell

Date of Photo

1920-1921

Region

Lhasa > Lingkhor

Accession number

1998.285.300

Image Dimensions

120 x 163 mm

Lingkor route, Lhasa. Religious carvings on rock walls as well as paintings.

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.272

Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number

BL.H.272

Manual Catalogues -

Manual Catalogues - Bell's List of Illustrations entry: "[No. of chapter] L. [Subject of Chapter] Lhasa [Subject of Illustration] H.272 (bf) Rock of Lingkor entirely covered with paintings. Cp. [compare] with (ab) [1998.285.284] and (bb) [Q.243]."

Other Information - Related Images

Other Information - Related Images: 1998.285.284 is cross-referenced in Bell's handlist [MS 20/02/2006]

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Lingkhor route, Lhasa" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.285.300.html>.

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