Comissariat at Yatung, 1911
1998.285.485 (Glass negative)
Key Information
Photographer
Henry Martin
Collection
Sir Charles Bell
Date of Photo
1911
Region
Chumbi Valley Region > Yatung
Accession number
1998.285.485
Image Dimensions
83 x 136 mm
Further Information
Photographic Process
Negative glass plate gelatin , Copy Negative
Date Acquired
Donated 1983
Donated by
St. Antony's College, Oxford
Copy difference
Copy Neg
Expedition
Sir Charles Bell
Photo also owned by
Sir Charles Bell; Royal Central Asiatic Society
Previous Catologue Number
P.174
Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number
BL.P.174
Related Collections
British Library, Oriental and India Office Collections
This Image also appears in another collection
1998.293.14
Published
'The People of Tibet', Sir Charles Bell, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1928 [view list of illustrations]
Manual Catalogues -
Manual Catalogues - Bell's List of Illustrations entry: "[No. of chapter] XXI. [Subject of Chapter] The Women [Subject of Illustration] P.174 (gl) (k) Laughing at a joke'
In Negative - The photographer's initials 'H.M.' are visible in the lower right-hand corner of the image, having been marked on the original negative. [PG 13/10/2003]
Other Information - Related Images
Other Information - Related Images: There is a print of this image in the PRM's Macdonald Collection [1998.293.14], described as 'Commissariat/ agent & servants/ Yatung/ Circa 1911' (from label on reverse). [PG 13/10/2003]
Contemporary Publication -
Contemporary Publication - Published in 'The People of Tibet', Bell, C. A., Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1928, facing p.174: 'A joke's mixed reception/ Indian official seated. Behind him two Indian men and one Tibetan. Four Tibetan women'. [PG 21/7/2003]
For Citation use:
The Tibet Album.
"Comissariat at Yatung, 1911"
05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum.
<http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.285.485.html>.
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