Key Information

Photographer

Rabden Lepcha?

Collection

Sir Charles Bell

Date of Photo

1920-1921

Region

Lhasa Area > Arsenal

Accession number

1998.286.46

Image Dimensions

78 x 103

The Arsenal in Lhasa. Most of the work is carried on in the houses and verandahs on the sides, seen here covered with textile awnings. Courtyard partly flooded. Mountain tops in the background.

Further Information

Photographic Process

Negative Quarter Plate

Date Acquired

Donated 1983

Donated by

St Antony's College, Oxford

Copy difference

Intensifier Notches on right side

Expedition

Sir Charles Bell's Mission to Lhasa 1920-21

Revised Photographer

Rabden?

Previous Catologue Number

Q.38

Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number

BL.Q.38

Related Collections

British Library, Oriental and India Office Collections

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "The Arsenal in Lhasa" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.286.46.html>.

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