Key Information

Photographer

Sir Charles Bell

Collection

Sir Charles Bell

Date of Photo

1900-1923

Accession number

1998.286.203

Image Dimensions

78 x 103

Tibetan carved oblong bookcover placed on a table and 2 English books placed at either end

Further Information

Photographic Process

Negative Quarter Plate , Copy Negative

Date Acquired

Donated 1983

Donated by

St Antony's College, Oxford

Copy difference

Copy Neg

Expedition

Sir Charles Bell

Previous Catologue Number

Q.191

Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number

BL.Q.191

Related Collections

British Library, Oriental and India Office Collections

Published

'Tibet Past & Present', Sir Charles Bell, Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1924 [view list of illustrations]

Manual Catalogues -

Manual Catalogues - Bell's List of Illustrations entry: "[No. of chapter] XL. [Subject of Chapter] The Language [Subject of Illustration] Q191 (g). Tibetan bookcover and 2 English books. [Where placed - book page] I, 152"

Contemporary Publication -

Contemporary Publication - Published in 'Tibet Past & Present', Bell, C. A., Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1924, facing p.152:"A Tibetan book-cover in richly carved wood"

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Tibetan book cover" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.286.203.html>.

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